The Aesthetic Study Of The Images Of "Four Immortals" In The Han Dynasty

This article takes the images of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty as the research object,and interprets the culture of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty from an aesthetic point of view.On the one hand,as one of the typical representatives of the plastic art of the Han Dynasty,the "Four Immortals" images are an excellent window for us to appreciate the artistic style of the Han Dynasty and study the aesthetic style and ideals of the Han Dynasty art.On the other hand,the Han Dynasty is a system of the "Four Immortals".During the period of development and heyday,the images of the "Four Immortals" were deduced by the people of the Han Dynasty from the original totem symbol and finally developed into the symbolic symbol of the theory of cosmic order.As a kind of "significant form",the image of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty contains a lot of information.It is a comprehensive artistic presentation of social culture,political ethics,religious beliefs,folklore mythology,and time and space concepts in the Han Dynasty.Research on them is conducive to profound research.Grasp the aesthetic concepts and trends of aesthetics in the Han Dynasty.This thesis integrates knowledge in many fields such as aesthetics,art,semiology,archaeology,philology,folklore,etc.,combines aesthetic research with multiple discipline methods,through mutual textual research and image research,theoretical analysis and historical materials The combination of "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty fully three-dimensionally analyzes the aesthetics of the "Four Immortals" culture.This article mainly consists of three parts: introduction,five chapters,and conclusion.The introduction mainly elaborates the significance of the research on the image aesthetics of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty,combs the research results and status quo at home and abroad,and clarifies the research methods and innovations of this thesis.The first chapter mainly explores the origin of the image of the "Four Immortals".The formation of the image of the "Four Immortals" is closely related to the development of the thoughts of the ancestors such as totem worship,astronomical astrology worship,and animal classification concepts.The "Four Immortals" include a kind of emotional satisfaction of the ancestors intertwined by dominance and worship.From the perspective of "dominance",it represents people’s knowledge and mastery of the natural world(such as stars and animals);from the perspective of "worship",The "Four Immortals" are the symbols of the universe and the objects of common worship.The "Four Immortals" have a particularly mysterious beauty from the very beginning.The second chapter mainly sorts out the image system of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty.Use the research method of iconology to explore the artistic aesthetic style of the images of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty from the four aspects of modeling elements,layout methods,craftsmanship and coloring.The "Four Immortals" image,as a part of Han Dynasty art,embodies the vigorous sense of life of Han Dynasty art and is full of "dynamic" beauty.The third chapter mainly discusses the relationship between the "great unification" politics of the Han Dynasty and the image of the "Four Immortals".The "Four Immortals" were included in the political category of the "Great Unification" in the Han Dynasty and became an important medium for the "sensation between heaven and man".At this time,the "Four Immortals",as a symbol of auspiciousness,became a standard to measure the prosperity and decline of a society.The image of the "Four Immortals" as a visual image of the language of "heaven" entered the aesthetic activities of the people in the Han Dynasty.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the relationship between the images of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty and the religious beliefs of the people in the Han Dynasty.People in the Han dynasty became interested in the "Four Immortals" mainly because the "Four Immortals" were attached to many mysterious meanings closely related to daily life,which satisfied the psychological cravings of the people at that time and became the objects of worship and belief.During the Eastern Han Dynasty,the "Four Immortals" were absorbed by Taoism and became the protector immortals.The fifth chapter mainly discusses the Han Dynasty people’s time and space concepts contained in the images of the "Four Immortals" in the Han Dynasty.As one of the art forms of tombs,the "Four Immortals" image is an art created to solve the problem of the whereabouts of the soul after death.Under the background of the Han Dynasty’s thinking about the relationship between heaven and man and the ultimate life,the "Four Immortals" image is a kind of the symbolic scheme of the universe is widely used on tomb ceiling murals and coffins.The people of the Han Dynasty hope that in the harmonious universe of Yin and Yang,the four seasons are smooth,and the five directions are peace,the soul will fly to heaven under the guidance of the "Four Immortals".It can be said that the "Four Immortals" images in the tombs represent the ultimate aesthetic ideal of life in the Han Dynasty.