Northern And Southern Character Image

The figures amongst images produced during Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasty have significant evolvement. Bearing stone reliefs in the Han Dynasty and Northern Wei as the research object, this paper explores this variety in two aspects, respectively the "configuration" of figures and the construction of space.First of all, in terms of "configuration", this paper divided the Han Dynasty image into "Type Ⅰ" and "Type Ⅱ" and described the morphological features of the "type Ⅰ" figures with the concept of "flat structure". Starting from "Type Ⅱ", Three-quarters side figures emerged and the configuration of figure's body started to be shaped. This trend was even more obvious from the Han to the Wei and Jin Dynasty. Correspondingly,"flat structure" which reflected the physical characteristics of early figures gradually disappeared, while capabilities in the figure-shaping with drawing line as well as representation had been enhanced.Secondly, in terms of space construction, two facilities can be concluded-the generation of the sense of three-dimension and the adaption of spatial arrangement to regular visual habits. Han Figures in "type Ⅰ" were set out in a flat position while the construction of the space in depth had been ignored. Figures in "type Ⅱ", however, started to appear three-dimensional indication. The whole picture suggested dimensional space with the facilitation of regularly-arranged figural elements and furniture. When the time was connected to Wei, Jin and Northern&Southern Dynasties, the figural elements had more obvious dimensional sense. Disposal arrangement between individual elements tended to be rational. Various elements altogether participated in the spatial construction.Thirdly, detailed analysis on three-quarter profiles'physique features is also conducted in this paper. Specific icons help structure its development outline. This feature never get rid of the influence of the Han Dynasty in the evolving process from Han to Wei, Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. The contours of the characters remained:inwardly, the configuration lines connecting with each other conveyed more and more intense physique appearance; Outwardly, image elements arranged by each other constructed more stronger dimensional space. At the meanwhile, another pictural composition which is in the shape of "人" is also examined in this paper.Finally, the article sources the reason for the figure's change from Han Dynasty to Wei, Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasty. Here dual properties have been proposed, which are respectively "pictural figure" and "narrative figure". It has been considered that there existed a changing tendency from "narrative figure" to "pictural figure" amongst images from Han Dynasty to Wei, Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasty. This function of image, clueing the variation from outside to inside, bears an extremely importance during this process. This paper claims that such a variation is closely related to social restructuring, concepts and other aspects in this period.