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Chongqing Dazu Grottoes Avalokite Vara Statues Secular Aesthetic Characteristics Research

Posted on:2017-01-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330512969362Subject:Art
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Chongqing Dazu grottoes overturns the ancient research thesis "Tang Dynasty prosperous and Song Dynasty decline", will be China's stone carving art from the trough to the another peak, for the grotto art of Chinese has injected fresh blood. The emergence of Dazu grottoes, has the very high academic value. Dazu grottoes is also known as the sculpture in the history of the monument.This article, from a view of fine arts of the study of Dazu grottoes Avalokitesvara statues, first of all, from the perspective of the Avalokitesvara belief, through an analysis on the origin and development of Avalokitesvara belief, as well as the development of Chinese goddess of mercy from men to neutral to the evolution of the women. And top of an representative of Dazu Baodingshan grotto Avalokitesvara and Dazu county of beishan FoWan grotto Avalokitesvara has carried on the detailed analysis in this paper, the typical grottoes, which embodies the aesthetic flow toward the "secularization" development of statues, again through the single niche Avalokitesvara using image analysis method and contrast method into the sculpture and painting on the same roots of statues look, dress, hairstyle is reflected the natural beauty of the secular life and different from Former, simple, natural beauty and power. The art of Dazu grottoes, with its magnificent vast group of statues and self-contained, the goddess of mercy of secular deductive incisively and vividly, naturally became the outstanding representative of southern grotto art in our country, it is the people of tang and Song Dynasty holographic microcosm of life, is the Song Dynasty "encyclopedia", fully reflects the aesthetic to the social citizen stratum. Humanities unique, ancient ba-shu culture has a long history, unique inheritance with its locality, it is an important part of traditional art and culture of the Chinese nation, we should act, shoulder the responsibility of carry forward the historical and cultural.
Keywords/Search Tags:Dazu grottoes, belief in Avalokitesvara, secularization
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