Artistic features and innovative design of sea water and cliff pattern in Qing dynasty dragon robe
Sea water and cliff pattern originated in the Ming dynasty,and continued as a stylized decorative style on the Qing dynasty dragon robe.The products with sea water and cliff pattern as the creation theme have attracted wide attention in the modern design market.In order to promote traditional Chinese patterns to better integrate into the development trend of modern clothing and stimulate the vitality of traditional patterns,the seawater cliff patterns in Qing dynasty dragon robes were taken as the research object.The historical background and cultural implications of the patterns were first briefly described in this paper,and then the changes in shape,quantity and location of the patterns of standing water,plain water,auspicious clouds and mountain cliff patterns were studied.The modeling characteristics of sea water and cliff patterns in the early,middle and late Qing dynasty were analyzed,and the color combination rules of each period was summarized.Finally,the extraction of relevant elements of pattern and the induction and innovation of color matching was adopted to carry out the innovative application design of sea water and cliff patterns in modern clothing.The results show that the sea water and cliff pattern is mainly composed of mountain cliff pattern and sea water pattern,which symbolizes the ruler's desire for power and the vision of unifying the world.Its area in the dragon robes gradually expands with the change of times,and the color purity and brightness gradually improve.Through the study of this pattern in design thinking,the sea water and cliff pattern is applied to women's clothing,with the pattern modeling as the silhouette element of clothing and the traditional blue and white tone as the core color,the design effect of modern women's clothing is constructed,and the sea water and cliff pattern of the Qing dynasty is endowed with new vitality,so as to achieve the goal of better inheritance and development of traditional Chinese patterns.
Qing dynastysea water and cliff patternscultural connotationartistic featuresclothing design