In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's work Laocoon,he specially studied an artistic convention of western painting,that is,using the"Homeric Cloud"symbol as the"Conventional Outward Sign"of"The Invisible Presence of God".Similarly,a relatively independent image space weaved and confined by shapes like clouds,balloons,and spirals is also common in Chinese traditional narrative new year pictures.As a special image vocabulary with distinct"indicative"meaning while image narration,these symbols primarily function to"mark"the"invisible"scenes in image narration:original identities,dreamlike realms,and supernatural worlds through indexing,the narrative new year pictures separate,and at the same time,juxtapose the reality and the fantasy.Indexing has become a convention-al art technique to deal with the relationship between the virtual and the real.The application of Index in narrative new year pictures breaks through the disadvantages of static image ideogram,brings time into space and promotes the density and capacity of image narration.
关键词
叙事年画/指示符号/不可见/图像叙事
Key words
Narrative new year pictures/index/invisible/image narration
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