推荐《鼎盛三十六家图卷》

《鼎盛三十六家图卷》的文献价值――京剧艺术本体发展的“高峰阶段”史观  

中国京剧艺术发展史表明，二十世纪二十年代至五十年代，以表演艺术为中心的综合性艺术体系在整体上获得了飞跃性的发展。各表演行当，生、旦、净、丑各自的表演形式、技艺等都产生了质的飞跃，涌现了“四大名旦”、“四大须生”等成就卓著的京剧表演艺术家和他们各自创造的表演艺术流派，充分展现了京剧艺术发展的辉煌鼎盛局面。史实证明，二十世纪二十年代直至六十年代共约五十年间，是中国京剧艺术发展的“高峰阶段”。专著《鼎盛三十六家图卷立体思维》对这一史观作了具体的论证。

由于有了这个“高峰阶段”的京剧艺术，才使中国京剧艺术成为“国粹”艺术之一；成为中华民族文化经典之一；成为高度发达的中华民族文化的标志之一。更由于在二三十年代，梅兰芳多次出访日本、美国、前苏联等国，把京剧艺术奉献给世界，使处于鼎盛状态的京剧艺术在国际上产生了巨大的影响，并成为国际公认的世界文化经典――“梅兰芳演剧体系”。

入卷艺术家遴选标准与名单

创作一件再现京剧艺术本体发展的“高峰阶段”鼎盛辉煌状态的史画长卷――京剧艺术大师剧装群像，成为一项重要的文化工程和文化使命。入选画卷的入选标准是：

自创了独特的并为世公认的京剧表演艺术风格、流派，为造就中国京剧艺术本体发展之鼎盛、辉煌，达到“高峰阶段”起着支柱和脊梁作用，立下不朽功绩的全国一流京剧表演艺术家可入画卷。

入选京剧表演艺术家共36位：

余叔岩 高庆奎马连良 言菊朋 杨宝森 麒麟童 奚啸伯 谭富英 李少春 唐韵笙、杨小楼 尚和玉 盖叫天 高盛麟 厉慧良、程继先 姜妙香 叶盛兰 俞振飞、王瑶卿 梅兰芳 程砚秋荀慧生 尚小云 筱翠花 张君秋、宋德珠、李多奎、金少山郝寿臣 侯喜瑞 裘盛戎 袁世海、钱金福、萧长华 叶盛章。

据此，把这件“高峰时期”京剧艺术发展史画定名为《鼎盛三十六家图卷》。图卷全卷长60米；画面尺寸：高1.2米，长50米。

《鼎盛三十六家图卷》的文献价值和绘画艺术品格 

图卷中每一个艺术大师的造型，都是服从史画的文献性需要出发，依据他们在各自代表剧目中所扮演的主要角色的舞台扮装形象为依据，真实、准确地、深刻而生动地表现出每一个大师的身躯与五官生理特征、表情特征、表演身段特征、服饰款式与色相特征――剧装肖像。

每个造型形象为了突出各自表演流派的美学特色出发，而都采用了与之相适应的绘画形式。如程继先造型的绘画形式采用民间年画与重彩法相结合。盖叫天武打身段画法采用小写意法。梅兰芳、荀慧生等造型采用工笔形式；裘盛戎、马连良等造型采用装饰形式……。图卷的整体绘画格局形成了在当代世界属于一种独特的“多形式共一卷”的艺术品格，在绘画艺术上是唯一的。

展出与报道

2001年夏天，图卷成功创作完成，先后在天津市、全国政协、澳门、珠海等地展出；在天津和全国政协都举办了专家研讨会。图卷获得了国内各有关领导和戏曲专家、美术专家、京剧艺术家、广大观众对其上述价值和意义的充分肯定和高度评价。天津市媒体、各中央媒体如中央电视台《东方时空》、戏曲频道和人民网、人民日报、《中国文化报》、《文艺报》，《中国戏剧》杂志等，以及包括港澳在内的国内很多网站、报刊都对图卷的创作、展出、专家研讨等作了大量的报道，刊载了戏剧专家、美术专家的评论文章。出版发行了专著《鼎盛三十六家图卷立体思维》、学术画册《鼎盛三十六家图卷》。使图卷在国际国内已经具有了广泛影响。

《鼎盛三十六家图卷》的学术地位和当代文化意义

学术地位

专家们一致认为：《鼎盛三十六家图卷》作为我国当代的一项文化工程，一项文化科研成果，是由画家研究创作完成的第一幅真正意义上的京剧艺术史画；是艺术地表现中国京剧艺术发展史高峰阶段鼎盛辉煌状态、彰扬本时期京剧艺术大师群体及其艺术成就的重要文献绘画作品。

当代文化意义

一，我们认为，《鼎盛三十六家图卷》以绘画形式展现“高峰阶段”的京剧艺术鼎盛辉煌状态，并以巨大尺幅的视觉震撼力，高扬了对民族传统文化的继承与当代文化创新的精神。

二，图卷作为以重大民族文化发展史为题材，以京剧断代史为内容的文献性绘画作品，具有突出地展现着中华民族文化精神的标志性意义。

三，图卷以其重大民族文化史学题材和宏峰大岭式构图的巨大气势等条件，可以称为是“最具中国气派”和体现“国家文化形象 ”的典型艺术作品之一。

    关于作者

依据天津市艺术研究所研究员、学者画家张天翼在京剧环境中工作很多年的经历；几十年的京剧人物画创作经验及艺术造诣，从１９９７年夏至２００１年夏，集中四年的精力，搜集大量有关文字、图片史料，经过数次、反复的深入研究和修改后创作完成了这幅巨幅画卷。

目前中国国内已有覆盖二十个省市的上百家不同类型的网站和博客都以不同形式展示巨幅京剧艺术史画《鼎盛三十六家图卷》全卷画面，并得到各界网友们的热情欢迎与好评。由此，我们向世界各国朋友推荐《鼎盛三十六家图卷》，希望世界上更多的人看到它、了解它的意义。

支持单位：天津市文化局、天津市民族文化促进会、天津市戏剧家协会、天津市艺术研究所、天津市美术家协会、天津京剧院、致公党天津市委员会、天津市政协书画艺术研究会、天津市振兴京剧基金会

           Recommendation of “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday”

Works value of “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday”----The historical view of the “peak stage” in the identity development of the art of Peking Opera

The development of the art of Chinese Peking Opera shows that the comprehensive art system centered with performing arts gained leaps and bounds in the twenties to the fifties of the twentieth century. Performing role categories, sheng, dan, jing, chou, of their respective forms, and techniques have produced a qualitative leap in the emergence of the "four great Mingdan", "four great Xusheng" and other outstanding achievements of the Beijing Opera performing artists and the creation of their respective performing arts genre, full of brilliance in the peak of the artistic development of Peking Opera. Historical facts prove that the twenties until the sixties a total of about fifty years of the twentieth century is the "peak stage" in the development of China's Peking Opera.

This monograph, “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” made a specific argument on this view of history.

As a result of this "peak stage", the art of Peking Opera becomes one of the "national essences"; becomes one of the classics of Chinese culture; become a highly developed one of the symbols of Chinese culture. Moreover, because Mei Lanfang paid visits to Japan, United States, the former Soviet Union and other countries in the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century, dedicated Peking Opera to the world so that Peking Opera which was in a flourishing state had a huge impact in the international community and become an internationally recognized World Culture Classic ? “Mei Lanfang Theater System”.

The criteria and the list of the artists selected into the roll

The creation of a painting scroll ? the group pictures of those dressed Peking Opera masters which could reproduce the "peak stage" of the glorious state in the identical development of Peking Opera ontology, becomes an important cultural projects and cultural mission. The selection criterion of the selected pictures is:

Those national first-class opera performing artists who create their own unique and worldwide-recognized performing arts styles, genres, play a mainstay and backbone role in contributing to the “peak stage” of Chinese Peking Opera’s identical development, and sets a monumental achievement can enrolled into this picture.

A total of 36 Beijing Opera performing artists selected:

Yu Shuyan, Gao Qingkui ,Ma Lianliang , Yan Jupeng, Yang Baolin, Qi Lintong, Xi Xiaobo, Tan Fuying, Li Shaochun, Tang Yunsheng, Yang Xiaolou, Shang Heyu, Gai Jiaotian, Gao Shenlin, Li Huiliang, Cheng Jixian, Jiang Miaoxiang, Ye Shenglan, Yu Zhenfei, Wang Yaoqing, Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Xun Huisheng, Shang Xiaoyun, Xiao Cuihua, Zhang Junqiu, Song Dezhu, Li Duokui, Jin Shaoshan, Hao Shouchen,  Hou Xirui, Qiu Shengrong ,Yuan Shihai, Qian Jinfu, Xiao Changhua, Ye Shengzhang.

Accordingly, this piece of painting in the “peak period” of Peking Opera development history is entitled “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday”.

Picture roll 60 meters long full-volume; Screen Size: 1.2 meters high 50 meters long.

The value of literature and artistic character of “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday”

Each artist's style of this picture roll are subject to the documentary needs of this historical painting, based on their behalf in their repertoire in the major role played by the image of the stage makeup, give us a true, accurate, deep and vivid demonstration of every masters’ physical body and facial features, facial features, characteristics of their performing postures, dress style and hue characteristics - play dressed portrait.

In order to highlight the aesthetic characteristics of their respective performances, each style and image has adopted the corresponding form of painting. For example, the style of Cheng Jixiang adopted the combination of the folk New Year picture and the heavy color method; Gai Jiaotian’s painting style of martial arts movements used a small freehand painting method; Mei Lanfang, Xun Huisheng and other artists’ style adopted meticulous form; Qiu Shengrong, Ma Lianliang took the decorative forms as their styles .The whole painting pattern of the picture roll has formed an unique art character---"multi-form in a roll " in the contemporary world, which is also unique in the art of painting.

Display and reporting

This summer of 2001, the picture roll has successfully completed, which has been on display in Tianjin, the CPPCC National Committee, Macau and Zhuhai ; and also an expert seminar has held in Tianjin and the CPPCC National Committee. In terms of its above-mentioned values and significance, this picture roll has been fully affirmed and highly appreciated by the relevant leader and domestic drama experts, art experts, Peking Opera artists, and the majority of the audience. The media in Tianjin, and the central media such as CCTV "Oriental Horizon", drama channel as well as a lot of  websites, newspapers, magazines, such as People's Network, People's Daily, "Chinese Cultural Newspaper," "Cultural Newspaper," "Chinese Drama", etc. Including Hong Kong and Macao, many domestic websites and newspapers made a lot of reports are on the picture roll’s creation, exhibition, and expert’ seminars, published many drama experts and art experts’ critical articles. The publication and issue of monograph “The Dimensional Thinking of 36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” and the academic album “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” has had a wide-ranging influence in the domestic and international community.

Academic status and cultural significance in the contemporary society

Academic status

The experts agreed that“36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” as one of China's contemporary cultural project, an achievement of cultural and scientific research ,in a real sense, is the first historical painting of Peking Opera art researched and completed by artist; is an very important painting in the documentary art , which artistically demonstrates the peak stage and glorious state of Chinese Peking Opera development history, and manifests Peking Opera master groups and their artistic achievements in this period .

Cultural significance in the contemporary society

First, we believe that “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday”, in the form of painting, shows the glorious state of the Peking Opera Art in its “peak stage”; and with its huge-size visual shocking power, highly praises the inheritance of the national traditional culture and the innovative spirit of the contemporary culture.

Second, taking the significant development history of national culture as its theme and the history of Chinese Dynasties as its content, this picture roll prominently displays the iconic meaning of the spirit of Chinese national culture.

About the author

Based on the many years’ working experiences in the environment of Peking Opera, with several decades’ experience in creating and his artistic attainments, researcher of Tianjin Art Institute, scholar and artist Zhang Tianyi, since the summer solstice of 1997 to the summer 2001, focusing on a four-year effort to collect a large number of texts, images, and historical data, after several times repeated in-depth study and modification, finally completed this huge picture of the painting.

At present, hundreds of different types of websites and blogs in different forms from 20 provinces and cities in China displays the full-roll of this huge historical painting of Peking Opera Art--- “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” ,which gets the Webbers’ warm welcome and praise from all walks of life. As a result, we strongly recommend “36 Artists’ Picture Roll in the Heyday” to the friends all over the world, in the hope that more people in the world could see and understand its meaning.

Sponsored by: Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tianjin, The Foundation of National Culture Tianjin , Dramatists’ Association of Tianjin, the Art Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin Fine Arts Association, Tianjin Peking Opera Theater, China Zhi Gong Party Committee of Tianjin, Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Council of Tianjin CPPCC, the Foundation for the revitalization of Peking Opera in Tianjin