陕西耀县南庵元殿壁画《朝元图》的图像学研究

Iconographic Study on Mural Chao Yuan Tu in Yuan Hall of Nan'an Temple in Yao County, Shanxi Province

陕西耀县南庵元殿壁画是保存至今的三铺珍贵的道教《朝元图》壁画之一,本文通过比较美术史上多幅《朝元图》的图像差别,综合建筑年代、绘画风格、史料为其重新断代,并考证壁画中的道教神祗身份,同时通过对南庵元殿壁画的图像学考察分析同一题材“朝元”的绘画模式在不同宗教环境、文化背景下意义与内涵的转变。

Mural in Yuan Hall of Nan'an Temple in Yao County, Shanxi Province is one of the three precious murals about Chao Yuan Tu of Taoism that preserve till today. Through comparing different images of Chao Yuan Tu in different periods of the art history, making use of the age of the building, painting style and other historical documents to re-divide its history, engaging the status of the Taoist gods in the mural in textual research, this thesis analyses the changes of the painting modes' meaning and connotation in different religious environments and under different cultural backgrounds.