道教艺术与永乐宫壁画浅谈

早期道教美术出现在一些宗教石刻和陵墓壁画中。永乐宫壁画是元代道教艺术最杰出的代表,其精华是《朝元图》:面积四百多平方米,总计人物形象二百八十个。整体的构图为中心对称式,以八个主像为视觉中心而展开的“千官雁行式”的构图。设色以青绿为主,重勾色填,线条刚健流畅,是我国绘画史上的一绝。

A Brief Introduction on the Art of Taoism and the Frescos in the Yongle Palace

The art of Taoism of the early times appeared in the religious engravings on the stone and frescos in tombs. The frescos in the Yongle Palace are the most outstanding represents of Taoist arts in Yuan Dynasty,among which the most representative work is the "Painting of Worshiping the Taoist". The size of painting occupies a 400 meters square,with a total of 280 figures in it. The overall composition is in the form of symmetry at the center,with 8 main figures of the Taoism at the center of the sight and other figures of high Taoist officials standing in the way like flocks of wild goose flying forward in the sky. The main color of the painting is green and blue with heavy touch and print supplement,vigorous and smooth lines,which can be regarded as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese painting.