贺兰山岩画符号的类型及其组合运用

贺兰山岩画是联结概念和视觉形象的、能所统一的视觉语言符号系统。就能所关系而言,整个贺兰山岩画里基本上存在着肖似、意象和抽象三种符号类型。包含着明确具体的指称关系、摹态关系的属于肖似符号,主要包含着表现关系的是意象符号,而指称或表现的对象是人的精神领域的则是抽象符号。贺兰山岩画里肖似符号的大量存在,使人类对外部世界的单个个体及其相互之间的关系有了一个比较全面、细致的了解和把握。而意象符号尤其是抽象符号的并存,特别是它们与各种肖似符号的组合运用,最大限度地突破了象形贺兰山岩画在形象和时空上的限制,增强了它的表意能力。

Types and United Application of Rock-painting Symbols in Helan Mountain

The rock-painting of Helan Mountain is a unified language system with connected concepts and visual images.There are three types of symbols in the language system： resemblance,imagery and Abstract symbols.Resemblance symbol refers to symbols with a clear specific denotation and simulation;imagery symbol refers to symbols containing the performance relationship among symbol;Abstract symbol refers to symbols indicating the alleged object in human spirit.Many resemblance symbols in the rock-painting of Helan Mountain show that human had a more comprehensive understanding to the outside world and their relations,and that the application of three symbols broke through the limitations of the pictographic rock-painting and enhanced its expressive competence.