Humanism Orientation And Iconography Significance Of Portrait Bricks And Stones In Han Dynasties

Nowadays people pay more and more attention on portrait bricks and portrait stones in Han Dynasties and they are considered to be of the greatest artistic value in Han Dynasties' engraving portrait history .This paper mainly deals with portrait bricks and stones in Han Dynasties and to a certain degree complements and extends theoretical researches in the aspect of humanism orientation. This paper enriches the iconography significance of portrait bricks and stones and gives the modern arts some positive enlightenment. This paper starts with the profound connotations of humanism orientations manifested by portrait bricks and stones; makes a lateral comparison of the similarities and differences on humanism orientation between Chinese and Western arts and does a longitudinal research of finding out why portrait bricks and stones are so prosperous in Han Dynasties. Using the method of image analysis, this paper develops a thorough understanding of three major themes (productive labor; musicians, dancers and acrobats; folktale and myth) in portrait bricks and stones in order to fully analyze the many-faceted manifestations of humanism orientation in Han Dynasties through the aspects of worldly things, human feelings and emotions, and characters and personalities. From the disciplinary viewpoint of History and Arts, this paper uses frontier theories (Art and Culture Studies, Anthropology of Art, Aesthetic Sociology) in art circles to analyze the humanism orientation and iconography significance expressed through portrait bricks and stones in Han Dynasties.