中国历代雕塑中的狮子造型与审美理想

Lion's Shapes and Aesthetic Idea of Chinese Sculpture in the Past Dynasties

中国历代雕塑中的狮子造型大致可以按时代顺序分为四种:走狮、蹲狮、立狮和坐狮,代表了不同时代的不同审美理想,概括来说,可以总结为四种不同的审美类型:八方来朝的威仪理想、静穆宽广的人文象征、恢宏壮丽的盛世风采、趋于甜媚的世俗意味。

With the times changing, Lion＇s shapes of sculputre in Chinese past dynasties can fall into four kinds： walking lion, squatting lion, standing lion and sitting lion. And those lions represent different aesthetic ideas in different dynasties. In summary, they are four different styles of taste： impressive manners from all directions; solemn and quiet human symbolization; vast, gallant and prosperous country mien; flattering common custom.