Central Plains Han Tomb Murals, Historical Evolution And Its Artistic Achievements

Han Tombs with wall paintings describe the system of funeral and even thesocial life in Han Dynasties vividly in a sense. It also restores the history in that time. "Its essence is for the people' own art."Han Tombs with wall paintings occupy an important historical place in Chinese Art History, especially in Qinhan painting history. It is also the important sign of the Chinese nation's own culture with little foreign effect forms gradually and initially.The Central Plains area as the secondary capital of Xihan and capital of Donghan, and Chong'an ,the capital of Xihan, in Guanzhong are both the central of politics, economy, culture and transport. Comparing with the local cultural feature throughout the whole country, Han Tombs with wall paintings in ancient city Luoyang, core of the Central Plains, show the strong advantages in capital culture and art feature, for their much denser and time running.The thesis emphasizes Han Tombs with wall paintings' shape structure, distribution and material contents. It includes six periods and eight stages, ie early period of Xihan, middle and late period of Xihan, Xinmang period, early period of Donghan, middle and late period of Donghan, Donghan to Caowei period. Thus it can probe wall paintings' historical development and art achievements much more systematically and concretely. Thus the thesis centers on this historical central line of the Central Plains' culture, sort out the way of from appearing to development, then concludes the special development rules, form feature, painting ways, painting skill and technique, especially several creative artistic technique of expression and forms, in addition, the effect of later ages. At the same time, I put forward some unripe views on the neglect of the dominant position of the capital culture in the Central Plains about Han Tombs with wall paintings.