Six Portraits Of Brick Study

Brick relief of Six-Dynasties carried forwards, developed the Han-Dynasty's tradition and achieved the peak of this artistic form.This thesis researches the cultural, ideological and article source and development of brick relief of Six-Dynasties which divided into four phases and six regions, then argues its achievement including manufacture; craft and decoration. This thesis also contrasts the brick relief in different regions and different times .In addition, this thesis argues the changing of the images of "Seven virtuous men of the Wei - Jin dynasty with Rongqiqi" and the figures of Buddhe, and try to return to the original condition, while the thesis manages to find the true reasons of brick relief's decline which many scholars lost sight of.Brick relief of Six-Dynasties shouldn't be neglected in the researches of art history, and also it will help us a lot in the researches of society, culture and custom of Six-Dynasties.