Providers, Bronze Realistic Animal Ornamentation Study

The research of bronze in Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty that always been the emphasis for academic.But the realistic animal decoration will be have more room to research,and that due to a little of the vessels, transient existence and single of the type. When the research of bronze be gone to deeply, bronze ornamentation will be come more and more important,and include the paper of ture animal decoration in the bronze.This paper business, the Western Zhou Dynasty bronze realistic animal ornamentation as the main object of study, the use of archaeological typology of the theories and methods, on the gathered Shang, Bronze realistic animal ornamentation were classified fractions. Through different periods, different regions, different objects on the decoration of realistic animal, realistic animals from which summed up the era of popular decorative patterns, regional, and the significance of decorative ornamentation, location and composition rules.Shang and Western Zhou bronzes realistic animal decoration, reflects the Shang and Western Zhou Dynasty of two different religious beliefs and social systems between. Realistic animal ornamentation of the most popular time is Shang need natural divine power for a period of theocratic rule, while the Western Zhou Dynasty more emphasis than in the theocratic rule of man, through a series of system is established, consolidating the rule of the Western Zhou royal family foundation, eliminating the need for animal decoration represents the forces of nature to help, bronze ornamentation on the subsequent significant reduction in animal realism.This article is divided into introduction, realistic animal ornamentation typological analysis, realistic animal ornamentation in bronze in the distribution sense, realistic animal ornamentation reflected the social changes and the reasons for the analysis and conclusions to be discussed in five parts.