Comparison And Analysis Of Dunhuang "Pathway Bodhisattva" And Heishu City "Amitabha"

Dunhuang "Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls" is a collection of the British Museum in Britain Buddhism color on silk of scroll painting,"Amitabha to greet Picture" is Kharakhoto Xia of scroll painting unearthed collections in St. Petersburg, Russia Eyre Mi Tashi Museum. Two paintings reflected the great achievements of Buddhist art, paintings depicting the Bodhisattva and Amitabha exquisite, stunning; reflecting the prosperity of ancient Buddhism and Buddhist culture is profound.In this paper, Dunhuang "Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls", and Kharakhoto City "Amitabha to greet Picture" for the study, its artistic characteristics and cultural backgrounds conclude and summarize, and draw conclusions. The article first discusses the origin and development of Buddhist figure painting, figure painting Buddhist analysis of the characteristics of various periods and figures nationalization, the development process of secularization, and then combined with the background analysis of the two paintings in the two paintings of Buddha costumes changes obtained Dunhuang "Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls" in the Bodhisattva is Manjusri. Finally, respectively, from the composition, color and character modeling comparative analysis of three aspects of the artistic features of these two paintings.Through comparative study of Dunhuang "Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls" and Kharakhoto City "Amitabha to greet Picture", and then in-depth understanding of Buddhist culture change and development, as well as the charm of a different era of Buddhist art and culture Implications.Two paintings painting at different times, the atmosphere is not the same picture, but the image portrayed on screen configuration Buddhist figures and there are many similarities. Xia Dynasty Buddhist paintings can be concluded that the absorption of the Song period, especially the Northern Song Dynasty Buddhist painting style, Xia Dynasty Buddhist paintings, while having its own unique characteristics, but still retained the art techniques and features paintings of the Tang and Song Dynasties.