From Utopia to Eterotopia - Exploring the Developmental Context of Urban Landscape Painting (从乌托邦到异托邦 — 浅谈对城市风景油画发展脉络的探索)

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of urban landscape painting, utilizing the concepts of Utopia and Eterotopia to analyze the ideological and emotional expressions embodied in this artistic form throughout various historical stages. Initially, the article traces the transformation of landscape painting from an adjunct to figure painting to its development as an independent artistic genre. Subsequently, it discusses the manifestation of Utopia and Eterotopia ideals in urban landscape painting and how artists have ingeniously integrated these concepts into their creations. Particularly after entering the 20th century, the diversification of painting schools greatly expanded the imaginative space for artists, prompting them to produce urban landscape paintings rich in Eterotopia elements. In conjunction with this, Chinese artists have kept pace with the times, creating dystopian style works with local characteristics, which profoundly reflect the psychological state and inner emotions of urban dwellers. The author also employs the concepts of Utopia and Eterotopia in creative practice to explore new possibilities in urban landscape painting, thereby conveying a yearning for a harmonious world and profound contemplation of conflicts between different cultures. Overall, Utopia and Eterotopia not only present rich emotional and spatial dimensions in urban landscape painting but also provide important perspectives and insights for the study of art history and artistic creation due to their contextual and logical nature.