Dynamic beauty usually refers to the visual and auditory beauty brought to people by the rhythmic dynamics, dynamic potential and fluctuating rhythm, melody and scene of objects. Dynamic beauty generally refers to the artistic expression of "movement", such as film and television, dance, music, etc. People can understand the dynamic beauty through the obvious "shape movement" and "sound movement" in their works.

oil painting, as a visual art presented by plane images, is a static artistic expression in theory. However, oil painting can also show pleasing dynamic beauty through its rich changes in composition, modeling, color, brush strokes and scenes. Then, how to understand and appreciate the dynamic beauty in oil paintings? Here, the author tries to take some classic oil paintings as examples to discuss this issue with you.

First, appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from the dramatic scenes

Take two oil paintings, Genesis by Michelangelo and Daughters of Reuben, as examples:

Genesis is a giant mural created by Michelangelo, a renaissance artist, on the dome of Romasis's Ting Cathedral in four years and more than five months. The painting is divided into three parts and ten chapters, and successfully depicts 343 vivid characters with different shapes. The most wonderful part is Adam and Eve. In the picture, Adam and Eve have just been given life by the Creator. Adam leans on the left end of the picture, as if trying to reach out his hand to the Creator (God), while his eyes are focused on Eve who is protected by the Creator at the right end of the picture. Interestingly, Eve was staring at Adam's direction at this time ... The reader looked at the scene, as if he could feel that Adam and Eve were both moving closer and closer.

Snatching the Daughters of Liusipas is a representative painting by Rubens, a baroque oil painting master in the 17th century. The painting is based on ancient Greek mythology, and depicts a pair of twin brothers, casto Er and Pollux, born to Zeus and Rita, the kings of the gods, who fall in love with two daughters and a pair of twin sisters of Giuseppe, the king of Messini. So casto's ear and Pollux took people, taking advantage of the misty morning light before dawn, to leave the scene where Sipas's two daughters were robbed. The whole picture presents a dramatic scene in which one side desperately grabs the other side and struggles to break free, with a very strong sense of movement.

Second, appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from the figure form

Take Lady Godiva on horseback by John Curnell as an example:

Lady Godiva on horseback was created by John Curnell, a famous British painter in the 18th century, based on a beautiful story that has been circulating in Britain for nearly a thousand years. Synopsis: Godiva, a beautiful woman, married the Governor of Coventry and became the Governor's wife. When she saw that the people in the city were embarrassed by high taxes, she pleaded with her husband to reduce the tax burden of the people. The governor's husband refused, and Godiva was unhappy all day. One day, the governor told Godiva that if Godiva dared to ride around the city naked, he would agree to reduce the tax.

the governor wanted to use this remark to urge Godiva to give up the idea of reducing taxes for the people, but he didn't want Godiva to agree immediately. Early the next morning, Mrs. Godiva rode on a maroon horse in the house and walked calmly in the streets of the city. The merchants and people in the city knew Mrs. Godiva's good intentions, and they all closed their doors one after another on this day. Pedestrians on the road saw Mrs. Godiva riding a horse far away, and they all turned their heads sideways to avoid it ... Mrs. Godiva's kindness finally touched the governor, so she ordered the tax relief for the people. Although "Lady Godiva on horseback" is a static picture, readers will feel that the hostess is riding a horse in the streets of the city from the expression and dynamic posture of Mrs Godiva.

Third, appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from their novel shapes.

Take Xia Jiaer's Love as an example:

Xia Jiaer is the most famous master of Expressionism painting in the 2th century. He and his wife Bella were middle school classmates, so it can be said that they were childhood friends. The two are sincere and like-minded. Bella's cleverness, intelligence, agility and loveliness gave Xia Jiaer a lot of creative inspiration. Every year during their wedding anniversary, Xia Jiaer draws a picture for his wife. Love was created on the third anniversary of their marriage, and it is Xia Jiaer's most cherished work.

The background of the picture is a clear blue sky with scattered houses, trees and lush lawns on the ground. The painter stood in the center of the painting, well proportioned, his left hand held high, butted with his wife Bella's right hand, and propped up Bella, who was wearing a purple gauze skirt. Bella's body is completely suspended in mid-air, showing a handstand dance. On the grass next to the painter, there is a bunch of colorful flowers piled up. It's so dynamic and poetic. The painter wants to tell the world with such a picture: love is great, love is wonderful, the power of love is infinite, and love is unrestrained as if it can fly freely.

Fourth, appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from the color spreading

Take Renoir's Bathing Woman as an example:

Renoir is one of the representative painters of impressionist oil paintings in France in the 19th century, especially famous for creating oil paintings with the theme of young women. Bathing Woman is an important work he created in the middle and late period. In this series of oil paintings, the painter created the beautiful images of a group of plump women with affectionate brushstrokes. Fat generally refers to people's body fat or slightly fat, which is not favored in people's traditional aesthetics. However, in this painting, Renoir depicts a group of plump women, some of whom are bathing, some are combing their hair, some are playing in the water, and some are meditating alone. By using colorful and gorgeous color rendering and hierarchical exchange of distant views, the plump women's beautiful appearance, smart body and gentle and cheerful sunny temperament are set off. The whole picture is beautiful, and the characters are vivid and dynamic, beautiful and full.

5. Appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from the light and shade

Take Rembrandt's Anatomy Course of Dr. Toure as an example:

Rembrandt is one of the greatest Dutch painters in the 17th century and an important representative of the "Dutch small painting school". Rembrandt's greatest contribution to oil painting art is that he enriched and perfected the "light and shade method" of oil painting. Rembrandt is good at using dark colors such as black or brown as the background and white to highlight the main body. It looks like bundles of white light are concentrated in the center of the picture, which not only highlights the main body but also is full of dynamic beauty. Dr. Toure's Anatomy Course is a masterpiece of Rembrandt. The painting depicts the scene of Dr. Toure explaining the demonstration anatomical operation before the operating table. Surrounded by Dr. Toure are his colleagues and students. Because the painter skillfully uses the relationship between light and shade, it seems that this painting is not static, but that Dr. Toure is really teaching the course of clinical experimental anatomy, which is very real and vivid.

6. Appreciate the dynamic beauty of oil paintings from their brushstrokes

Take Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Starry Sky and Wheat Field as examples:

Brush strokes are not only the display of the painter's painting style and techniques, but also the revelation and display of the painter's thoughts and feelings in his works. In this regard, the Sunflower, Starry Sky and Wheat Field by Van Gogh, a post-impression oil painter, provide classic examples. These works not only show the painter's exquisite painting techniques, but also are full of the painter's thoughts and feelings as hot as fire. We can see that "Sunflower" in the picture is full of vitality and enthusiasm. It is not a painting on paper, but a vibrant and living sunflower tree. "Starry Sky" seems to let people see the boundless night sky. In silence, clouds are surging, the moon is looking at the world around, and there are mountains, giant towers, big trees, etc., which stand in the dark, revealing empty and mysterious colors; The golden wheat in "Wheat Field" makes people grateful to Mother Earth, and at the same time feels a kind of joy and joy with a bumper harvest in sight.