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Compilation and Research of Plant Images in the Syama Jātaka Picture in Cave 127 at the Maijishan Grottoes

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DOI: 10.23977/artpl.2024.050502 | Downloads: 11 | Views: 232

Author(s)

Zhang Yang 1

Affiliation(s)

1 Maijishan Grottoes Art Research Institute, Tianshui City, 741020, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Yang

ABSTRACT

Syama Jātaka Picture in Cave 127 of Maijishan Grottoes has preserved a large number of the highly skilled and eye-catching plant images. These plant images are different from the appearance of Buddhist mural paintings that first entered China from the western regions, that is, plane-background plant decorative images, but deeply influenced by the classical Chinese aesthetic view, and their form and techniques are closely related to the scroll landscape paintings at that time, while the original scroll landscape paintings in the Northern Dynasty are now difficult to see. The study of plant images in this picture provides a window for us to understand and recognize the artistic achievements of landscape painting in the Northern Dynasty. In addition, this paper sorted out and analyzed plant images and styles, and compared them with similar styles in Heluo region, Guanzhong region, northwest Hubei region, Sichuan Province, Dunhuang and so on by means of imagery methods. It was concluded that the plant style of Syama Jātaka Picture in Cave 127 of Maijishan Grottoes was directly influenced by the Central Plains style represented by Heluo region. 

KEYWORDS

The cave 127 of Maijishan Grottoes, The Syama Jātaka Picture, The Plant images, Origin and course, The Landscape painting

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Zhang Yang, Compilation and Research of Plant Images in the Syama Jātaka Picture in Cave 127 at the Maijishan Grottoes. Art and Performance Letters (2024) Vol. 5: 7-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2024.050502.

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