中国绘画：远古至唐
Chinese Painting: From Ancient Time to the Tang Dynasty
China: 上海人民出版社&世纪文景, 2022年. Item #45936
ISBN: 9787208174528
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从岩石上的神秘图像，到陶器、建筑上的纹饰与壁画，绘画的二维平面如何产生？从陶瓮上的鹳鱼石斧图，到彩绘漆盒上人物与时空交叠的空间性图画，器物表面的写实绘画如何引发了画像的独立？楚汉墓葬礼仪艺术展现的第一个绘画高潮如何联系着后世佛教壁画和卷轴画的繁荣发展？名家辈出的宫廷艺术与臻于极盛的公共宗教艺术在朝野间的争奇斗艳如何塑造了富有变化和新意的盛唐气象？
在中国绘画三千年的漫长历史中，以唐末为节点的早期绘画担负着开发绘画媒材的宏大历史职责，无名画家的集体创作在日常生活和宗教礼仪环境中扮演着重要的角色，不同于以卷轴画为大宗的后世绘画，考古材料中所反映出的不同时期、地域和画手的风格变化，使得这段绘画史具有了研究方法上的独特性格。
本书是著名美术史家巫鸿的最新著作，脱胎于《中国绘画三千年》中作者负责撰写的《旧石器时期到唐代 》一章，重新梳理结构框架、补充最新的研究成果，全面讲述了从远古时代至唐代末期的早期中国绘画的发展、不同时代绘画的风格和特点。作者在本书中有意识地突破卷轴画的范围，把“中国绘画”的概念扩大，在材料上把彩陶、壁画、屏幛、贴落和其他类型图画都包括进来，以其敏锐的图像分析能力全面理解中国近百年来的考古学成果，改变既有的绘画史叙事模式，呈现出不同时代、不同平面上的不同图像之间的内在勾连。
“From the mysterious images on rocks to the patterns and murals on pottery and architecture, how did the two-dimensional plane of painting come into being? From the depiction of a stork, fish, and stone axe on pottery urns to the spatial paintings of figures and overlapping time on lacquer boxes, how did realistic paintings on the surfaces of objects lead to the independence of pictorial images? How does the first climax of painting in the ritual art of Chu and Han dynasty tombs connect with the later flourishing development of Buddhist murals and scroll paintings? How did the rivalry between the court art of renowned artists and the highly developed public religious art, both in and out of the imperial court, shape the vibrant and innovative spirit of the High Tang era?
In the long history of three thousand years of Chinese painting, early painting, with the late Tang dynasty as a key milestone, undertook the grand historical task of exploring painting media. The collective creations of anonymous painters played a significant role in everyday life and religious ritual contexts. Unlike later periods, where scroll paintings dominated, the stylistic variations reflected in archaeological materials from different periods, regions, and artists endow this phase of painting history with a unique methodological character.
This book is the latest work by the renowned art historian Wu Hung. It evolved from the chapter "From the Paleolithic Period to the Tang Dynasty," which the author contributed to *Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting*. With a restructured framework and updated research findings, it comprehensively traces the development of early Chinese painting from ancient times to the end of the Tang dynasty, exploring the styles and characteristics of painting across different eras. In this book, the author consciously expands the concept of "Chinese painting" beyond the scope of scroll paintings, incorporating materials such as painted pottery, murals, screens, wall hangings, and other types of pictorial art. Leveraging a keen ability for image analysis, the author comprehensively interprets the archaeological discoveries of the past century in China, transforming established narratives of painting history and revealing the intrinsic connections between images from different eras and on different planes.‘’
自序
前言 何为早期中国绘画？
远古至西周
“画面”的产生：从岩石到器物
早期建筑绘画和其他媒材：现存证据
东周、秦、汉
绘画的独立：楚文化的突破
第一个高潮：宫室与墓葬绘画
黄泉下的图像世界：东汉墓葬壁画
三国、两晋、南北朝
地域中心及其互动：北朝墓葬壁画
卷轴画的突破：南朝绘画遗迹
隋、唐
新局面的开端：隋与初唐
名家与画派辈出：盛唐气象
尾声
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