敦煌莫高窟早期雕塑源流

The Origins of the Early Sculptures of Mogao Caves of Dunhuang

敦煌的雕塑是敦煌石窟艺术的主体部分,而其早期彩塑被认为从我国源远流长的雕塑艺术传统中获得了坚实的造型基础,形成了概括、含蓄、富有装饰性的鲜明风格。敦煌早期艺术家在本土文化语境中,以积极的姿态吸收并融合了外来佛教艺术的技法,开启了灿烂辉煌的敦煌莫高窟雕塑艺术的序幕,开创了新异而又民族化的风格。敦煌莫高窟早期的雕塑像莫高窟其他艺术一样,是一部中西艺术交流史,是中国民族艺术早期向西传播的图像见证。

Buddhist sculptures are the major part of the grotto art of Dunhuang. It is believed that the early painted sculptures at Dunhuang inherited the tradition in formation of China＇ s centuries-old sculptural art and achieved a distinctive style of being integrative, reserved and decorative. Early artists of Dunhuang actively introduced the alien techniques of Buddhist art and integrated them into the local cultural discourse, which commenced the journey of Dunhuang＇ s sculptural art with a novel style of a native color. Like the other artistic forms there, the early sculptures of Mogao Caves represent a history of artistic exchanges between China and the west and a graphic witness of early Chinese national art spreading toward the west.