Visual Reconstruction and Lineage Naming of the Weishou Images of the Han Dynasty in Nanbei Zhai,Yinan:Responding to Discussions on The Wu Liang Shrine through a Visual History Case
In contemporary researches on ancient Chinese sculptures,interpreting images or identifying objects through visual analysis is the fundamental approach.However,this approach presents two pitfalls:first,replacing images with textual descriptions and downplaying the latter as a narrative medium or illustrations;second,over-generalizing images.Returning images to their visual essence entails employing the methodology of visual history,retracing the genesis of images,reshaping their visual structures,and reorganizing their logic to uncover their symbolic,metaphorical,and expressive meanings.This paper takes the Weishou images in Han grave chambers as an example to conduct visual reconstruction and lineage naming,practicing the methodology of visual history by focusing on the individual existence of images and providing directed narratives,thereby substituting the process of image analysis for artists'creative process.Additionally,it aims to initiate a dialog ith the methodology in Wu Hong's The Wu Liang Shrine through this case study.
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