Entry overview: Body art refers to some artistic creations and behaviors related to the human body, such as painting, sculpture, and photography. Most of the current understanding of body art is limited to men or women taking off their clothes to show the beauty of their bodies. this view is one-sided and is a misunderstanding of body art.
Basic Information
Chinese name: body art
Foreign name: Human art
Genre: Painting, Sculpture, Photography
carrier: human body
Categories: Nude and Non-Nude
Category: rhythmic gymnastics, aerobics, fitness, etc.
artistic interpretation
basic concept
Body art is the external beauty of the human body, which can be admired. When a person's mind reaches a certain level, that kind of appreciation can be called art. Body art is not just about exposing the body to the outside, this kind of nakedness is not included in art. What is really called body art is a kind of transcendence, and the representative work of quitting toothpaste that has been recognized by people can also be called a kind of art.
The broad concept of body art is to take the human body as the object, to show the art of different shapes of the human body, static and dynamic beauty; the general term for nude and non-nude body art.
The narrow concept refers to the static modeling art of nude human body. It includes three main categories: sculpture human body, painting human body, and photographing human body.
In layman's terms, body art is a process and behavior of self-discovery and pleasure with the human body as the medium and the purpose of understanding beauty, exploring beauty, and harmonious beauty. Everyday things that we are familiar with, such as dancing, painting the human body, rhythmic gymnastics, aerobics, fitness, etc. are all categories of body art.
Introduction to Art
Body art is the external beauty of the human body, which can be admired. And when people's thoughts reach a certain level, that kind of appreciation can be called art. Body art is not just about exposing the body to the outside. This kind of nudity is not included in art. What is really called body art is a kind of transcendence. For example, the masterpiece of smoking cessation toothpaste that has been recognized by people can also be called a kind of art.
Body art is not a Chinese invention. It first originated in Italy and France after the Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. It used ancient mythological themes for artistic creation. On the one hand, it expressed the beauty of the human body itself, and on the other hand, it expressed the good and evil of society and human nature. Its appearance broke the restrictions on the human body of early religious abstinence. in China. For many years there has been no creation on the subject of "body art".
The reason why people love body art is that artists use body language to worship life, praise nature, sing praises for youth, eulogize love, and pursue freedom. This kind of creative expression is the inner motivation for producing excellent body art works, and it will not lead people into fantasy. , The misguided path of evil thoughts. For example, Michelangelo's "David" is to move people with the strength of male masculinity, while Rodin's sculptures with the theme of sex still make people far away from sensuality, and feel youthful beauty and vitality. Do not confuse art with The relationship between objects, appreciation and desire. Erotica and pornography
Some artists' views on body art and pornography are: body art is art appreciation, leading you to appreciate the beauty of the human body and feel the shock of art, while pornography is about targeting specific parts. Body art is protected by law, while pornography is prohibited by law.
art photography
Feature localization
The basic characteristics and positioning of body art photography: it can be a direct depiction of the human body itself and then penetrate into the essential state of the human being, or it can use various environments to reveal the complex relationship between human beings, nature and society. Hierarchical models (including themselves of course) can use any shooting technique (including post-darkroom or computer processing) or realism, abstraction, or deformation, to aestheticize the art of body style or to conceptualize society. .
art classification
General classification of body photography:
1. Classical and beautiful body photography
2. Partial close-up of human body photography
3. Abstract and anamorphic human photography
4. Conceptual form of body photography
5. Self-portraits of self-mirrors, etc.
artistic reasons
Why is body art photography only female?
Insight 1:
There are also male mannequins, but the proportion of male photographers is overwhelming, so they have an absolute say in leading this art. Men always like women, and few male photographers want to take pictures of men's bodies, so Just give you that feeling. Just like any society, there are good people and bad people, some high-quality people and some wretched people. Different people have different goals and opinions on body photography. As for whether it is art, we can only say: it is it. That is, to say no is not.
Insight 2:
Because from an aesthetic point of view, the female body is definitely the crystallization of art, with soft curves, fair skin, and charming expressions, which make people nostalgic.
shooting skills
1. Shoot the main object as a close-up or close-up medium shot, which requires shooting from a close distance, and the scope of the picture is only a small space.
2. Place the subject in the foreground, so that the picture can contain enough space to become a panoramic photo.
3. Make the subject and the background have an appropriate difference in tone or tone, or form a sharp contrast.
4. Emphasize the main part of the composition with light to make it appear brightest.
5. Accurately focus on the subject, so that the secondary parts or background lose clarity.
6. Make the main lines in the picture gather toward the center of meaning and emphasize them with light spots. This method is mostly used to express interior scenes.
7. Set the subject in the center of the screen or near the center. If there is nothing particularly striking up close, the viewer will first notice the subject.
8. Use the camera angle to emphasize the subject. Note, however, that extreme depression or elevation should not be used.
Difference between Chinese and Western
The west
Body art originated from the ancient Greek civilization. Western body art has a history of more than 2,000 years of development. Westerners regard the human body as the embodiment of purity, sincerity and beauty. In China, which also has a history of civilization for more than 5,000 years, ancient culture involves the human body. , sexual culture, the human body as the expression of lust. This highlights the differences in the understanding of the human body itself between China and the West.
In the field of fine arts, "body art" refers specifically to the artist taking the model's body as the subject, and trying to convey a specific thought, concept, or emotion of the artist through the model's body. Body art is mostly a type of performance art. It first appeared in the 1960s.
The main research object of body art is the human body in reality. Nude art is subordinate to body art.
The human body is the most beautiful natural artwork in nature. The research or expansion of body art not only provides us with an aesthetic reference and understanding of our own human body, but more importantly, it plays a subtle role in the establishment and cultivation of correct human body aesthetic awareness and noble moral sentiment. influence and effect. Body art is also an art category that gradually emerged due to people's growing love for their own rich facial expressions, graceful body gestures and movements. It is also an act of rebellion and creation by modern artists against traditional artistic concepts such as "easel painting". Body artists often show - or make some hot patterns and strange marks on their skin; or their bare skin is exposed to strong sunlight for a long time to achieve a rosy complexion like Guan Yu; Or use fire to destroy your beautiful hair of wisdom; or practice the saying "shooting yourself in the foot" in a down-to-earth manner; or through your own "desperate" breathing and violent body movements, etc. His body and expression are seriously distorted and deformed, such as screaming...; or even worse, showing his various forms of sexual activity...etc. Connoisseurs are amazed. But it also has a certain profound meaning, let the appreciation to realize alone
Body art is one of the most precious spiritual heritages of all human beings. Among the many body art works, some are the direct expression of the human body, depicting the body's fitness, balance, rhythm and harmony with realistic techniques. The artists miraculously portray the suppleness and translucency of women's skin, alive with radiance and epic grandeur to miraculous extremities, their work is an unparalleled ode to the human heart and humanity.
East
The Chinese people's attitude towards body art has neither the idealized spiritual pursuit of the unity of man and god in the ancient Greeks nor the spiritual realm of the Renaissance that emphasized the unity of sexiness and beauty and beautifies the natural attributes of human beings. Chinese traditional art regards the charm and artistic conception as the highest standard of art, and pursues the realization of "xinxing".
Venus in Western body art occupies an important position in the history of art. Due to the influence of geographical environment and traditional culture, China has formed its own unique way of expressing body art compared to the various body art in the West.
There is not much difference between Chinese and Western prehistoric body art. Both have the modeling concept of female reproductive worship. It is only due to the emergence of ancient Greek culture and the Renaissance and the emergence of oriental civilization that Chinese and Western body art began to move towards different development paths.
Western art, on the other hand, develops in the field of reproduction of realism, takes truth, goodness and beauty as the criterion, and pursues the unity of reason and truth, goodness and beauty.
Their different body art appreciation standards reflect different cultural atmospheres and value trends.
