概念、视角、叙述与古代中国墓葬美术史书写——巫鸿The Art of the Yellow Springs:Understanding Chinese Tombs评述

Concept,Visual Field,Narrate and the Writing of Ancient Chinese Tomb Art History——Taking the Commentary of The Art of the Yellow Springs:Understanding Chinese Tombs by Wu Hong as an Example

在大量美术考古材料不断出土的情况下,新方法、新视角以及由此衍生出的一些重要的学术概念,构成了最近30年来古代中国墓葬美术史研究的总体特征。如空间性、物质性、时间性这三个学术概念就建构了巫鸿新作《黄泉下的美术——宏观中国古代墓葬》的研究线索,也体现出作者希望以提出若干重要学术概念为依托,重新思考古代中国墓葬美术发展的内在理路。同时所呈现出的叙述与分析风格及美术史观,相对于传统的中国美术通史叙述方式,则具有更为宽广的学术视野。这些特征都为以后的古代中国墓葬美术史研究,提供了一个可以继续探索的桥梁。

Accompanied by the continuous excavations of enormous archaeology of fine arts,new method,new visual field and some important learning conceptions formed on the basis of the former all composed the general characteristics of ancient Chinese tomb art history studying in recent thirty years.For example,three learning conceptions of spatiality,materiality,timeliness construct the clue of the new works,The Art of the Yellow Springs——Understanding Chinese Tombs,by Wu Hung.An inherent idea that rethinks the development of ancient China tombs is demonstrated by putting forward some vital learning concepts.Meanwhile,relative to the traditional narrate way of Chinese general art history,the style of narrate、analysis and the conception of art history owned by this writing has a more widely learning visual field.These features set a solid foundation for the further research of ancient Chinese art history.