The Aesthetic Characteristics Of Sanxingdui Bronzes

Sanxingdui sacrificial pits in Guanghan, Sichuan, excavated a large number of bronze, which showing the unique style of the early civilizations of Sichuan, on behalf of another feature of Chinese bronze art in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Since Qin literature records for the Sichuan region in the blank state, and the Qin and Han literature in the very limited degree to the Bashu history, few reaserchers involved the aesthetic study of Sichuan region. The discovery of Sanxingdui provides a basis for Shu Qin cultural aesthetics study. Sanxingdui bronze has mature technology, and load of rich content and Aesthetic gives researchers a huge imagination. The Sanxingdui bronze can be broadly divided into three types, the bronze ritual vessels, bronze portraits and bronze animals and plants, these items are used for ritual worship, decoration on each other in the form linked to show the unique aesthetic style. Based on the various types of bronze shape, decoration, crafts and other aspects of analysis, this essay attempts to reveal the hidden Sanxingdui ancestors among the objects of aesthetic consciousness. Sanxingdui bronzes in the shapes of creatures or be exaggerated, many artifacts have a slim figure. Base on the Central Plains bronzes'design, Sanxingdui bronzes'design makes changes and shows an abstract quality. In sum, the Sanxingdui bronzes show the aesthetic style of majestic magnificent momentum and a mysterious quality, and also harmony of pluralistic features.