Nan Li, Yinghang Zhao, Pengyu Guo

Nan Li

November 05,  2024

Narration, Transboundary, Trends.

As far as the transformation of realism into technique - thus, the trajectory of art entered modernism, and in modernist painting, what is depicted in the picture is no longer the character image, but the painting itself. The language of illustration art originated from the narrative language of text and has shown a trend of breaking away from textual narrative. On the one hand, the dominant position between textual narrative and image narrative has shifted; On the other hand, with the elimination of narrative language, the edge between illustration and general painting creation gradually blurs. Nevertheless, as an independent art category, illustration still cannot abandon its own language - narrative. With the continuous emergence of new elements such as painting concepts and techniques, as well as the diverse exchange of cultural perspectives, the new narrative language has brought new ways of painting writing, and illustration art has become vibrant. This article explores the critical point between illustration and painting from a narrative perspective, which has positive significance in clarifying the concept and language of illustration art, and helps to propose theoretical ideas for the future development direction of illustration art.

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