Three Topics About Taotie Design: Origin, Function And Evolution

Ritual bronze imagery has important position in the world culture art history.Taotie design is that one of the most representative ritual bronze imagery and one kindof lines complicated and confusing most as well. The research, ancient times to taotiedesign are self-owned that, but be in the majority according to the document,subjectively absolutely hard to avoid; the object unearthed promptness has increased byat the modern times, which has provided the reliable basis to the taotie design research.The jade article taotie design of liangzhu culture is starting point, discussing the bronzetaotie design's origin, function and evolution. On the basis studying in the predecessor,and make sure the roles it played in the cultural of Shang and zhou Dynasty.This article mainly includes three chapters, as well as prefaces and conclusions.The "preface" part, the research to ritual bronze imagery divides into the history andthe current situation, from in the homeland international two aspect system discussions;Since demonstration requires that jade article lines enumerate an afterwards. Meanwhilethe research technique and the decorative in scope choice which uses regarding writingin it has also showing.The first chapter "taotie design source", the rectification of name problem havingset forth taotie design first, the taotie design is really not ancient times legend, still useit in article one word, the cause being to be the common run of mankind. Secondly, foreducational circles stems from a problem's at present about taotie design discuss thispart primal problem and draw forth from this: liangzhu culture jade article taotie designand bronze ware taotie design holding inherit relation. In the picture compositionpaying attention to arriving at lines ornaments among them, especially, binary relationsimilarity, the culture propagation feasibility and decorations and designs functionalsimilarity of the back.Second chapter "Shang and zhou Dynasty's ritual bronze imagery evolution". Taotiedesign is one of Shang and zhou Dynasty ritual bronze imagery, be prevalent mainly inShang up to early Zhou times, ferocious, mysterious be whose unique characteristic,being replaced by the bird lines afterwards, also evolution happened in taotie design, Qiequ lines having played the effect carrying forward in a new paragraph. Taotiedesign disintegrates. Entire decorations and designs' style is changing to the freeliberation. In the elaboration process, mainly introduced the changing about taotiedesign and bird line status relations with transformation shang and zhou dynasty, andnoted the step difference which the cultural transformation and the society transformedto cause early zhou time the still to save the Yin person style; and appearing qiequ lineshas ended taotie design mysterious and norm, has guided it that the style of ritualbronze imagery liberates. Paying attention to heng S shape being put into use commonlyin design and model, suggesting that qiequ lines originates from taotie design, bird linesand xiang bilong lines is the formative technology need.Third Chapter "the meaning of taotie design".This problem is that dispute ismaximal remain doubtful at the same time also the most have made correspondingdeliberation, therefore, it has discussed predecessor's research about taotie designconnotation. Suggest that taotie design stems from multiple factor, Sacrifice for keynote, function also having avoiding evil spirits, adding it, whose connotation that humanbeing imagines is that is also develop. Since taotie design composes at the same timefor a connotation certainly needing studies a visual angle. The emblematic is that taotiedesign develops be that the art characteristic, this one characteristic have promotedfunctional evolution of taotie design.The "conclusion" part, essentials have summed up place and the existencedeficiency of the main body of a book. Such as binary relation similarity about liangzhuculture jade article taotie design and bronze ware taotie design; the step differencewhich the cultural transformation and the society transformed to cause early zhou timethe still to save the Yin person style; The emblematic have promoted functionalevolution of taotie design and so on. I have hoped that continuing effort in the futuremakes that perfect.