Mural Painting Art
Mural painting art, a combination of architecture and fine arts,
has infinite charm.
During the art form's development, it experienced a period of resplendence
before gradually declining. However, with the development of architecture, the
mural painting is slowly making a comeback. The mural painting, which has been
applied in construction frequently, is paid great attention to and accepted by
most people.
The content of the mural painting
The mural painting's content in the primeval period mainly reflected real
life, such as hunting, grazing, planting, domestic animals, houses, dance,
festivals, totems, and even witchcraft. It is said that heroic figures and
historical stories appeared in the mural paintings as early as the time of the
Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) and the Xia
Dynasty (c.21st-c.16 century BC). Figures of Yao and Shun, both known as
benevolent mythical Chinese rulers, and Jie, the atrocious emperor of the Xia
Dynasty were painted with for propaganda and educational purposes.
The main mural painting artworks of the Han
Dynasty (206BC-220AD) were later exvacated from the grave, which also
reflected real life, historical figures and stories and fairy tales.
The content scope of modern mural painting, which often reflect the flavor of
the ethic customs, splendid mountains and rivers, human civilization and science
and technology apart from the traditional themes like historical figures and
stories is larger than the traditional one.
The composition of mural paintings
The composition of the Han Dynasty's carved stone mural
paintings were not restricted by the space-time For example, the "war",
unearthed in Yinan County in East China's Shandong
Province, portrays the picture of the war incisively and vividly. The bridge
is the main axis in the picture. On the right of the bridge is the leader
driving the carriage and on the left is the fighting scene. Under the bridge
there are marines boating in the river.
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