On the Painting Subject of Patrons on the Murals of the 11th Century at Dratang Monastery in Tibet,China
With patrons as the painting subject in Buddhist art appeared as early as the Han and Jin dynasties,and was introduced to the mural painting in the northwest region of China,which is mainly illustrated by in the murals in Dunhuang Grottos.It can be seen that the painting subject prevailed in the Tang and Song dynasties,and developed in parallel with the spread of Buddhism.The cultural connotation behind the painting subject dis-plays the secular society then,where the powerful and wealthy interest groups worshiped Buddhism.The murals has a high value in functioning as iconographic history books which record the hierarchy in political groups,so-cial stratification and even major historical events then,and they are also the image records of various aspects of the society and customs at that time,depicting the images of the ruling group personnel,their attires,personal adornments,etc.The article focuses on the images of patrons in the mural paintings of the late 11th century at Dratang Monastery,which is located in the center of Tibet,and discusses the uniqueness of the early mural paint-ings of Dratang Monastery in the history of Buddhist art in Tibet,and also discusses the status of multi-ethnic cultural exchange and integration in the art of Tibet during the Northern Song Dynasty.
patronsDratang Monasterymural paintingmulti-ethnic cultural exchange
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