Human Portraits on Chinese bronze sculpture
First, the Western Zhou ritual bronzes, series features prominent, full of solemn sense of order and artistic effect. As the composition of the Western Zhou ritual system of patriarchal social and cultural foundation, which as a non-ritual bronzes become a symbol of the phrase hierarchy. Jiuding emperor, who only a tripod, Shang and Zhou emperor presided over the highest representatives of royal ritual, princes, Bureaucrats, disabilities, etc., followed by progressively reducing the size and scope of worship. Twenty eight bronze sculpture were resurrected in Dayanghou, only two of them do no have a hole. We all need to use ritual to Keiji spirits, so provides a different level of ritual status, to show hierarchy, to do rituals. To control Han ceremony, ceremony in the device, the channel in the device, this is the art of bronze from the Shang Dynasty to the Western Zhou era in the spirit of the connotation of a major, qualitative change.
Early Shang Dynasty Western Zhou Dynasty, or follow a model law, a model just turn a fan, objects varied shapes, decorative patterns varied; shape of ancient Chinese bronzes is rich with many products. Coupled with the co-range casting method is generally a range of devices only cast a few bronze face exactly the same, so each piece is different outlook, broadening the horizons of art appreciation. Mao (bronze sculpture) unearthed in Dayangzhou varies in shapes and looks personalized. In particular, is one of the boutique after another, people looked amazing. In the middle of the future, the implementation of a modulus range of methods, grouped in pairs to create a shape, series and prominent features. china bronze sculpture mao was the most common weapon in the Shang dynasty. Western Zhou appeared, many new devices and traditional artifacts, the size of a large series of combinations were tested, showing a sense of order, full of solemn artistic effect, the typical column tripod is the emergence of the so-called list is a Ding Ding within each tripod shape, the same pattern, the order from the odd arrangement, to indicate the identity of the user level.
This series sets of ritual, more a grand, solemn, solemn atmosphere, strong sense of ritual , is a cultural ritual to deepen, affecting the results. Second, the evolution of Western Zhou bronze art style, can be roughly divided into three stages, the early Western Zhou Dynasty, mid and late. Early Western Zhou Dynasty (Wu Wang Zhizhao King) of the late Shang bronze mainly for the inheritance and development, there is not much change in shape, almost no any new device type. Mao occupies the largest number of the discovered bronze statue, which fully shows the important position of the spear. Decoration, or follow the ritual services for the purpose, it is still the subject of Animal Mask-based, Phoenix Bird began to flourish, people are more decoration. Also there are some new decorations, such as the snail pattern (or daily volume body Kui pattern), two-tailed dragon, like the pattern.
As a substrate Yunlei Wen reduced less ornamentation of harassment, appear nowhere dense, full flower reduced mostly ribbon decoration on the form. In addition, straight ribbed also flourished during this period, is straight ribbed decoration on the bronze of a geometry bars, group, there is a clear end is an important bronze ornamental patterns, the main auxiliary of the main decoration, enhance the three-dimensional, but also standardization of the Western Zhou bronze decoration to a performance. Although some of the china bronze sculpture distinct from that of the northern, most have their own characteristics. Mid-Western Zhou Dynasty (between King Mu Yi Wang) bronze in a period of transition from the old, while retaining the traditional style at the same time, there were many more new styles.
Almost out of the Shang period mystery, the more realistic decoration and toward a standardized, ritual flavor. This new created chinese bronze sculpture is free at attacking and drawing back and can allow full play to the force of charging. Shang ritual, such as corner important, Gu, frown, BU has been the stage of history, Jazz, goblet, Yi Fang, Gong basically disappeared from the end to the center of the ritual tripod system has been established, business culture is quite different from Gui Ding column column system has been formed. Instruments have great development, significantly increased the number of minutes.