A Computational Study of Empty Space Ratios in Chinese Landscape Painting, 618-2011

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ID3441015
AuthorsGuoyan Wang (0000-0002-3175-6025, Guoyan Wang, Department of Digital Communication, Room 5146, Building 5, Dushu Lake Campus of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Jiafei Shen (0000-0002-8819-4430, Jiafei Shen, Department of Science and Technology Communication and Policy, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Mengmeng Yue (0000-0002-6831-1468, Mengmeng Yue, Suning e-buy Group Co., Ltd., Building 2, Su-ning Zijin Jiayue, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Yena Ma (0000-0002-6927-2624, Yena Ma, Anhui Renhe Data Technology Co., Ltd., Guangming Beibu Gulf, Hefei, Anhui, China. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author), Shuyang Wu (0000-0002-0319-3050, Shuyang Wu, Department of Science and Technology Communication and Policy, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China. Email: [email protected]., corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume55
Issue1
Pages43-47
Publication date2022-02-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/leon_a_02105
OpenAlexW3176306145
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited1

The use of empty space (ES) is ubiquitous in Asian art. The authors use a computational method to quantitatively assess the amount of ES in Chinese landscape painting (CLP). The data show that 56.8% of ancient CLPs contain mostly ES, while only 9.4% from modern times do. ES reached its peak during the Yuan dynasty (1271--1368) and its lowest point in the 1960s. Chan culture, literati ink play, the "exhibition hall effect," and Maoist politics, as well as other social factors, may have had an impact on this shift. This empirical study indicates that art keeps abreast of current developments: The philosophy, culture, politics and general education of a specific era influence artists' perception, aesthetics and creative output

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · China · Epistemology · Exhibition · Geometry · Painting · Perception · Point (geometry) · Political science · Politics · Space (punctuation) · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Art History and Market Analysis · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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