A Brief Study of the Ming Dynasty Colored Painting Decoration Art in the Nanxun Hall of the Palace Museum——Taking ColoredPaintings of Spine Purlins,Caisson,Ceiling,and Beams as Examples
The Nanxun Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing was built in the Ming dynasty,and the color decoration from the wooden structure to the inner cornices reflects the characteristics of the early Ming dynasty,it is also the most complete preservation of Ming dynasty architectural single color painting. On the basis of combing the architectural function of Nanxun Hall,this paper discusses the rank sequence of Nanxun Hall color painting in Ming dynasty color painting by referring to other Ming dynasty color decoration archives and real cases. The paper also discusses the ridge purlin above the ceiling and the colorful paintings of alga well,ceiling and Liang Fang below the ceiling from the angles of modeling,decoration and technology,and finds that the details of the decorative elements in the top space correspond with each other,as a special witness of the palace culture of Ming dynasty,the dragon pattern,which represents the supremacy of imperial power,shows the close relationship between the building and imperial power.
The Nanxun HallRankImperial PowerThe CeilingDragonmotifs
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