瞿昙寺回廊佛传壁画内容辨识与风格分析

The Identification of the Contents and an Analysis of the Style of the Jataka Murals in the Ambulatory of Qutan Temple

瞿昙寺回廊佛传壁画是明清之际壁画艺术的重要遗存,正在引起美术史界的高度关注。以往回廊壁画的研究多为当地考古工作者的概括描写,同时对壁画内容也未作一个完整准确的辨识,对壁画表现的艺术风格及其在中国美术史上的地位更少有涉及,本文考察了瞿县寺建寺史实,首次完整辨识瞿县寺回廊佛传壁画的内容,复原了不同时期壁画的次序,并就壁画风格进行分析。

The Jataka murals in the ambulatory of Qutan Temple are important examples of extant Ming-Qing mural art, and they have attracted a great deal of interest among art historians. In the past, the study of these murals mostly comprised descriptive work undertaken by local archaeological workers, and no overall correct understanding of their significance was completed. Nor had any consideration of the murals' artistic style and its position within the context of the history of Chinese art even been undertaken. This article examines the history of the construction of Qutan Temple, firstly, by completing an identification of the content of the Jataka murals in the temple's ambulatory and reconstructing the sequence in which the paintings of different periods were completed, and only then by presenting an analysis of the style of the murals.