On the Artistic Value of Literary Ekphrasis
Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v2i2.326
Abstract
As a language attribute that exists for visual arts, ekphrasis is not only a bridge to communicate poetry and painting, but also an important category in the cross-media and cross-disciplinary research of literature and art. Through the process of recreating paintings by using language as a medium, ekphrasis realizes the conversion from visual art to auditory art, and explores the richness of cognitive creation on the basis of the reproduction of visual art. In this process, the literary narrative diagram shows significant differences from the artistic doctrinal diagram, which are mainly reflected in the three levels of academic guiding ideology, narrative style difference, classic deconstruction and reconstruction, and language style writing paradigm. In addition, literary storytelling plays an important role in the writing of art history and the dissemination of artworks. It provides reference and inspiration for the current cross-border and in-depth integration of literature and art from the perspective of practical creation.
Keywords
literary ekphrasis, art history, value, communication
Funding
The General Project of the National Social Science Foundation (No. 15BZW037); The Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. KYCX20_0944)
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