On the Han Dynasty Painting of Thor Image Research
As one of the earliest meteorological gods worship in China,Thor experienced a change process from"beast"to"god",from natural gods to personality gods with complex social functions,from mythology to religion.By the Han Dynasty,Thor had the purely personal characteristics,and the belief in Thor had the tendency to be immortal in the special immortal context of the Han Dynasty.There exist several parallel phenomena in the image of thor in Han painting,such as compound animal form,half-hu-man half-animal form and human form.Its image composition and form of expression show a trend from single to complex and comprehensive,Thor has become the main narrative element in the image,and the processing of spatial structure has become more flexible.While inheriting the romantic characteristics of Chu culture,it also inherits the primitive and vigorous artistic color of Han Dynasty art.Through the analysis of the artistic characteristics of Han painting Thor image,the author explores the value and aesthetic orienta-tion of national art creation from the perspective of art,and probes into the unique national cultural psy-chology and world outlook of Han Dynasty from the spiritual belief,social belief and concept connotation behind it.
Han Dynasty paintingGod of Thunderreligionartistic characteristicscultural connota-tion
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