Remembering Jiangnan -- Human Body Art Photography

Author: Zhang Jianming
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
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"Jiangnan is beautiful, its scenery is familiar from of old.
The sunrise over the river flowers is redder than fire,
The river water in spring is greener than the blue sky.
Can one not recall Jiangnan?"
Through the ages, how many have been attracted by the beauty of Jiangnan, where humanity's pursuit of beauty has once paused. Among all living creatures in the world, humans are the most perfect. If beauty has a measure, it is the art of the human body. The human body is beautiful because no line or contour is more vivid, soft, varied, and rhythmic than those of the human body; no volume or form is more balanced, powerful, elastic, and rhythmic than those of the human body; and no color is fresher, more nourishing, more translucent, more luminous, and more alive than the skin color of the human body. The human body is beautiful, and the art of the human body is the crystallization of its beauty. Since the era of primitive civilization, humans have depicted their own bodies. From the naked flying apsaras in the Dunhuang murals of the Wei and Jin and Tang dynasties to the "Venus de Milo" of Greece, Michelangelo's "David," Rodin's "The Eternal Idol," and countless other artists have used the human body as an artistic language to praise and celebrate life. Today, due to the unique aesthetic value of human beauty, in addition to sculpture and painting, people have already expressed, created, and praised human beauty in various languages in film, photography, ballet, and sports such as gymnastics, swimming, and ice skating. It not only brings people artistic enjoyment but also cultivates their aesthetic taste and artistic interest. Although Chinese human body art started relatively late, its development has been rapid, and there are now more and more outstanding works of human body painting and photography. Once the thousands of years of feudal shackles are completely broken, people will completely break away from outdated traditional concepts. We firmly believe that as long as humans pursue beauty and art expresses beauty, then human body art will continue to radiate even more brilliant light!