A Comparative Study of the Aesthetic Characteristics of Buddhist Cave Image Art in the Tang and Song Dynasties

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v3i1.696

Mingge Wu

Shanghai Film Academy, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China

Abstract

The three major peaks of Chinese Buddhist cave art were in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Tang dynasty and the Song dynasty, which formed different aesthetic characteristics due to different contexts. The Tang and Song dynasties represent two major peaks of Chinese Buddhist cave art, with the "open" of the Tang dynasty and the "introverted" of the Song dynasty, making the art of Buddhist cave art "Openness" and "restrained," "flamboyant" and "simple," "rich" and clear", "ideal" and "realistic" aesthetic characteristics are very different.

Keywords

Buddhist cave art, Tang-Song comparison, openness, introversion

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