Artistic Quality Research Articles

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In the contemporary gaming market, characters play a pivotal role in the success of games, particularly in app stores. When players browse for games within a specific genre, their initial attention is often drawn to the game's characters. Positioned alongside the game's title, characters serve as visual symbols and are displayed in conjunction with key information such as ratings and download numbers. The appearance of a game’s character allows users to quickly assess the genre, visual style, and the preferences of the target audience. While technological advancements are crucial for game development, a comprehensive analysis of character design from an artistic and aesthetic perspective is essential for achieving market success. This article employs analytical methods to explore the design and artistic characteristics of game characters, with the goal of gaining deeper insights into the creative processes of game developers. It also seeks to ensure that characters are perceived in alignment with the core concept of the game. Additionally, by examining current trends in the gaming industry, the analysis offers insights into developing effective character design concepts that resonate with players and enhance a game's appeal. Furthermore, a review of trends in the modern gaming industry allows for conclusions about the role of characters and their impact on the success of the game. The visual and functional elements of characters should harmoniously align with the game’s theme and atmosphere, enhancing players' emotional connection and ensuring long-term engagement.

Research on Innovative Development of Miao Embroidery Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guizhou, China Based on Digital Design

Objective – Miao embroidery is vital to Miao culture, representing their national identity through its patterns and colours. However, in the face of globalization and the digital age, there is an urgent need to combine tradition with modern technology to innovate and preserve Miao embroidery. Methodology – In this study, we explored the artistic characteristics of Miao embroidery by digital means and used computer design tools to refine the pattern elements and colour genes. Research methods combine qualitative and quantitative analysis, including phenomenology, ethnographic research, content analysis, questionnaires, image and colour analysis, etc. Findings – Through computer graphics software, pattern colour extraction, and innovation are realized, the integration of traditional culture and modern design is promoted, and a new way is provided for the digital protection and dissemination of intangible cultural heritage. Novelty – The research enhances the vitality and influence of Miao embroidery in global cultural diversity and includes case studies and practices of digitized intangible cultural heritage. Type of Paper: Empirical JEL Classification: O10, O19, O33. Keywords: Guizhou Miao embroidery; cultural innovation; qualitative and quantitative analysis; digitized intangible cultural heritage Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Na Z; Sharudin, S.A. (2024). Research on Innovative Development of Miao Embroidery Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guizhou, China Based on Digital Design, J. Bus. Econ. Review, 9(2), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.35609/jber.2024.9.2(1)

Historical Development and Artistic Characteristics of Foshan Woodblock Prints

Historical Development and Artistic Characteristics of Foshan Woodblock Prints

Addressing causality: participatory evaluation on improvisational drama workshops for people with dementia and their carers

ABSTRACT Despite advancements in arts and health research, the processes through which arts activities contribute to wellbeing and care remain ambiguous. This study aims to shed new light on causal links surrounding the impact of improvisational drama workshops on people with dementia and their carers at care facilities, using both participatory and goal-free evaluation. The article outlines challenges and strategies in addressing causality in the arts, followed by methodology and research context. Findings are discussed framed by key considerations for arts impact: negative impacts, uniqueness of the arts, artistic quality, and long-term outcomes. We conclude that a two-layered causal process, micro and macro, contributes to meaningful impact. This perspective emphasizes learning from negative impacts, integrating artistic elements with other relevant factors through trial and error, and reassessing shared goals during implementation. Sustained efforts in this endeavor can lead to significant long-term outcomes, extending beyond individual behavioral changes to community growth.

ST2SI: Image Style Transfer via Vision Transformer using Spatial Interaction

While retaining the original content structure, image style transfer uses style image to render it to obtain stylized images with artistic features. Because the content image contains different detail units and the style image has various style patterns, it is easy to cause the distortion of the stylized image. We proposes a new Style Transfer based on Vision Transformer using Spatial Interaction (ST2SI), which takes advantage of Spatial Interactive Convolution (SIC) and Spatial Unit Attention (SUA) to further enhance the content and style representation, so that the encoder can not only better learn the features of the content domain and the style domain, but also maintain the structural integrity of the image content and the effective integration of style features. Concretely, the high-order spatial interaction ability of Spatial Interactive Convolution can capture complex style patterns, and Spatial Unit Attention can balance the content information of different detail units through the change of attention weight, thus solving the problem of image distortion. Comprehensive qualitative and quantitative experiments prove the efficacy of our approach.

Exploring digital art's role in cultural product innovation in northeast China’s industrial base

This research investigates the impact of digital art on the innovation of cultural and creative products, particularly in Northeast China's historical industrial regions. It explores how digital art enhances product design and functionality, ultimately improving market competitiveness. Data was collected via a questionnaire survey targeting employees in these regions, with SEM used to analyze the relationships between digital art, product innovation, and market competitiveness, focusing on the mediating role of product innovation. The results reveal that integrating digital art significantly enhances market competitiveness by advancing technology, enriching design aesthetics, and aligning products with market demands. Product innovation is identified as a key mediator in this process, underscoring digital art's essential role in the development of cultural and creative products. The study concludes that digital art not only boosts the artistic quality and market appeal of these products but also drives continuous innovation, positioning it as a vital force in the cultural industry's growth. As technology advances, digital art is expected to become increasingly influential in shaping the future of cultural and creative sectors.

Piano practice of China’s Cultural Revolution era and students’ musical creativity / La práctica de piano con composiciones de la era de la Revolución Cultural y la creatividad musical de los estudiantes

This paper describes the impact of the performance of piano pieces of the Cultural Revolution era with distinctive artistic features on the development of creative skills among students in the People’s Republic of China. The study used the SME academic test to measure the development of creative thinking. To measure the effect of practising piano on musical prowess, a control test (according to the currently accepted academic programme) was performed at the end of the study. The responses were given by students from three universities in the PRC. The total number of participants was 315 individuals. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that there is evidence of the effectiveness of piano practices that are based on musical compositions from the era of the Chinese Revolution, in terms of their positive impact. Small B groups showed 11.8% higher performance than the control group. Group B students experienced a positive impact on their level of creativity as a result of practising the piano. The average degree of creativity increased by 2.6%, while the high degree of creativity increased by 3.6%.

Coverage of National Spirit and Expression in the Translations of Uzbek Stories and Narratives

This article explores the problems of reflecting the national spirit and specific modes of expression in the process of translation using the example of the English translation of the famous work of the Uzbek writer Gafur Ghulam “The Naughty Boy”. During the study, a comparative analysis of the text of the original work and its translation is carried out, assessing such aspects as the main criteria that determine the quality of translation - the preservation of the plot and composition, the issuance of national realities and phraseological units, the author’s style and the degree of reflection of the individuality of character speech. According to the results of the analysis, although the general content and artistic features of the work have been successfully restored in the translation of “The Naughty Boy”, problems are visible in the translation of certain national features, including realities, folk proverbs and phrases characteristic of the Uzbek lifestyle and mentality.

FROM RAG TO WOOD GOING THROUGH CEREAL: TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION AMONG THE SCHOOL MAPS IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA (SPAIN)

School maps emerged as new type of document as a result of a series of technological and educational advances spanning the 18th to the 20th century. These maps originally played strictly functional and didactic roles. The passage of time has endowed them with an indisputable historical, documentary, scientific and even artistic character. Those currently housed in archives are generally poorly preserved due to issues related to their manufacture and general lack of concern for their safeguard after losing their original function. This study aims to characterise the materials serving to manufacture them by sampling a series housed in the Archives of the University of Granada, a task that is complicated by their multilayered nature (cloth, paper, printing inks and protective varnish). Preliminary identification of the fibrous elements reinforcing the papers and textiles by means of micro-invasive analytical techniques enables to subsequently define appropriate conservation and restoration protocols.

Research on the Architectural Artistic Features of the World Cultural Heritage Kaiping Diaolou

Kaiping Diaolou, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site located in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, China, is a unique architectural form that combines defensive, residential, and aesthetic functions. This paper provides a detailed analysis of the types, architectural styles, and functional characteristics of the Kaiping Diaolou, revealing its distinctive artistic features and historical cultural significance. By introducing the number, distribution, and building materials of the diaolou, the paper showcases its broad influence and diversity. It is argued that the Kaiping Diaolou not only holds significant aesthetic and defensive value but also reflects the wisdom and innovation of the Kaiping people in the face of social changes and natural challenges. This research provides a scientific basis and new perspectives for the further protection and inheritance of this world cultural heritage.

Digital improvements in the design and construction process of classical Chinese garden rockeries: a study based on material digitization

Rockeries have a complex and significant role in classical Chinese garden designs. They present distinct artistic characteristics and spatial hierarchies and are crucial to garden heritage conservation. Craftsmanship in rockery construction is a significant part of China’s intangible cultural heritage. Rockeries are primarily composed of naturally occurring rocks chosen for their uniqueness and complex shapes and textures. These rocks present challenges as nonstandard elements within the traditional Chinese garden context, as it is not easy to depict them using conventional blueprints and models. This complicates the design, adjustment, display, and construction of rockeries, which lacks tangible bases for reference. Consequently, the preservation and restoration of garden rockeries is difficult, and the perpetuation and dissemination of rockery construction skills face numerous challenges. This study introduces a method that combines laser scanning and photographic measurements to digitize precisely nonstandard elements of rockery stones. This approach presents an innovative design and construction workflow for rockeries by refining design processes, showcasing real effects, and resolving assembly issues. The results demonstrate that the combination of three-dimensional laser scanning and close-range photogrammetry can accurately replicate the complex forms and textures of these nonstandard elements. The stone coding and digital management system devised based on the logic of construction effectively satisfies the design and building requirements of rockeries. Correspondingly, the proposed digital construction workflow enhances the accuracy of rockery design, presentation, and evaluation, thereby contributing to the protection and restoration of rockery heritage sites and the transmission of rockery construction techniques.

Short videos of Great Artists on the Douyin platform: Content Analysis and Value

Modern Chinese artists differ significantly in terms of their dissemination power. Some famous artists' short videos can receive hundreds of millions of likes, while others can only get sporadic likes. Xu Beihong, a Chinese modern painter and art educator, played a pivotal role in the history of contemporary Chinese art. The study aim is to explore the common value characteristics of great artists' short videos and fill the research gap by analysing the content, subject matter, and presentation forms related to the artist. Based on the theory of art economics, the study takes the top 100 liked short videos of Xu Beihong on the Douyin platform as the research object. First, the accounts that posted these short videos were analysed. Second, content analysis is used to categorise the content of these short videos. Finally, the value behind the data was assessed. Research has found that many short video accounts featuring artists include commercial windows, and many of these short video contents involve commercial aspects. Favourable evaluations of artists are often associated with higher commercial value of the artworks. The results indicate that audience participation and interaction with artworks offer considerable value on short video platforms. Artworks presented through these new channels provide aesthetic and experiential value. The commercialisation of these artworks represents the value derived from audience behaviour and engagement.

"The Neon Dress Drags a Wide Belt, Fluttering to Heaven"

This paper deeply analyzes the artistic characteristics of the dance "Flying Sky". By exploring its unique historical origin, movement vocabulary, dance design and the inheritance and development of skills, it shows how the work skillfully integrates classical beauty and modern aesthetics, vividly interprets the elegance and dexterity of the flying sky myth, and conveys profound cultural connotation and artistic charm.

Sketch to Chinese paintings: A three-stage progressive generation network via enhancing sketch

With the proposal and wide application of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), sketch-based image generation has gradually become a research hotspot. Because of its unique artistic characteristics, Chinese painting has attracted more and more people to engage in research in the field of sketch-based Chinese painting. Most existing researches on sketch generation of Chinese paintings tend to extract edge maps from mature Chinese paintings and train generative models. When edge maps are extracted from sketches with sparse lines as input for generation, the quality of the generated Chinese painting is poor. This paper proposes a three-stage progressive Chinese painting generation network based on sketch. By the reduction and enhancement networks, our model converts the input sketch into types of sketches with different line richness. Each stage is used to learn to generate different Chinese painting information, realizing the progressive generation of Chinese painting through three connected generation networks. The experimental results show that our model can generate better-quality Chinese paintings and perform better in generating Chinese paintings from sketches.

Gathering up the Fragments of a Dismembered Timurid Masterpiece

Abstract: The Rasāyil, a sumptuous manuscript produced at the royal library of the Timurid prince Bāysunghur in Herat in 1427, contains seven rare treatises copied by the renowned calligrapher Shams al-Sulṭānī. This article discusses the manuscript’s literary content and artistic features and presents the intriguing discovery that the anthology, acquired by Bernard Berenson in 1910, is not the complete codex and indeed, bears signs of mutilation. It also identifies most of the lost components as extant and housed in three other collections. These discoveries enable a virtual reconstruction of the codex in the form produced for the prince.

Research on the Emotional Expression of Kandinsky's Abstract Art Theory in Public Space Interior Design and the Application of Catering Space Design

As people's artistic tastes evolve, public space interior design expectations have shifted from merely meeting functional and comfort needs to emphasizing artistry and aesthetics. Abstract art, which focuses on form and eschews traditional realistic expression, has the potential to spark curiosity and innovation while creating a distinct inner world. Integrating abstract art into interior decoration meets the growing demand for artistic aesthetics in interior design, which is the main focus of this study. This study begins by analyzing the theoretical meaning and creative value of abstract art through a systematic approach. It then explores the application and aesthetic value of abstract art in public space interior design using case studies. Additionally, the study investigates the influence of abstract art elements on the development of art design in China through literature research. Finally, it examines the impacts and shortcomings of abstract art's aesthetic thought in public space interior design. It uses the catering space design as an example while presenting cases of interior design application. The aim is to provide a theoretical and practical reference for enhancing interior design's aesthetics and artistic characteristics.

The Artistic Characteristics of Chinese Impressionist Painter Wu Guanzhong

This study aims to explore the artistic characteristics of Chinese Impressionist painter Wu Guanzhong. By combing through Wu Guanzhong's artistic experience, it analyzes the evolution of his painting style and its unique expression in the fusion of Chinese and Western art. The study provides an in-depth analysis of Wu Guanzhong's works in terms of subject matter, materials, composition, color, brushwork and other aspects, revealing his unique artistic language and his contribution to the development of modern Chinese painting. At the same time, this study combines literature review and case studies to explore the impact of Wu Guanzhong's art on contemporary Chinese art education, and suggests how to inherit and innovate Chinese national art in the contemporary context. This study provides new perspectives for understanding Wu Guanzhong's artistic achievements and his position in cultural exchanges, and offers useful references for the future development of Chinese art.

남정리 116호분 낙랑채협(樂浪彩篋) 인물도의 재검토

The “Painted Lacquered Basket of Nangnang,” excavated from Tomb Namjŏngni No. 116 in Pyongyang, is a lidded bamboo basket box adorned with over a hundred figures depicted in colored lacquer. Inscriptions accompanying 36 of these figures identify them. Despite its exceptional artistic quality and good preservation, comprehensive research on these figures has been lacking, and the interpretation of the inscriptions remains rudimentary. This study challenges the existing view that the basket demonstrates the prevalence of Confucianism in the Nangnang commandery. It reevaluates the images and inscriptions through extensive reference to international research on the transmission and transformation of filial piety. Additionally, it discusses the significance of the Painted Lacquered Basket of Nangnang within the context of Tomb Namjŏngni No. 116, aiming to explore the religious and philosophical aspects of the Nangnang people. The study reveals that while the depictions in the Painted Lacquered Basket primarily pertain to filial piety, this virtue could exist beyond blood relationships and serve both secular and religious purposes. Moreover, it suggests that brutal family revenge was socially unsanctioned. Notably, the analysis includes new interpretations of figures such as the “Five Emperors (五帝)” and “Qīngwū (靑烏),” indicating the influence of geomancy beliefs on the creation of the tomb. Considering these factors, it is proposed that the Painted Lacquered Basket of Nangnang was crafted not as a domestic item but as a funerary object, likely imported through exchanges with the Yangtze River basin in China.

КЫТАЙ КЫРГЫЗ АКЫНДАРЫНЫН АЛГАЧКЫ ЫРЛАР ЖЫЙНАГЫ

The actuality of the article differs from the fact that it focuses on the creative workshop of 22 poets-writers included in the collection of poems "Kerme Too", which gave a message of Chinese Kyrgyz literature in Kyrgyzstan in the 60s, and reviews their issues, ideological- artistic features, and thematic directions in a consistent and chronological direction. The said collection was prepared for publication in the city of Urumqi by the Xinjiang People's Press in 1962 on behalf of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous District Branch of the Jungo Writers' Society. Before the establishment of the "Shinjan People's Press" in the late 1950s, local Kyrgyz published in Uyghur and Kazakh languages, and only in the early 1960s when publishing houses in their native language were established, it was first recognized by readers as a collection of poems, and during the 1960s, it informed the poetry of Kyrgyz literature. For the purpose of the study, we will focus on the life and creative pursuits of 22 poets and writers, observe the different characteristics of each of them, the artistic values that attract the readers in the lines corresponding to the poem, the shortcomings and successes encountered, and we will talk about the representatives who first contributed to Kyrgyz poetry as a collection. As a methodological guide, the creative ways of poets-writers, their poems of different content, and theoretical works were included in the collection of poems "Kerme Too". For this purpose, the results of the review will provide literary researchers in Kyrgyzstan with consistent information about the period of Kyrgyz literature in China in the 60s, including the period when poetry was first formed.

An Analysis of the Artistic Characteristics of Northeast Folk Songs

An Analysis of the Artistic Characteristics of Northeast Folk Songs