现实与想象的融合:从《贝希斯敦铭文》解读古代波斯王权图像的本质

Integration of Reality and Imagination: Interpreting the Essence of Ancient Persian Kingship Images from Behistun Inscription

古代波斯帝国的艺术风格形成于大流士一世时期,这是一种脱离时空关系,将与王权表现有关的重大事件凝结在一个画面中,有意识地借用不同文明的图像元素,创造出为王权服务的弱化叙事性、强化象征性、带有主观想象性的图像。《贝希斯敦铭文》是大流士即位后的第一件王室艺术作品,它一方面是大流士平叛功绩的文字记录,也是对国王伟大胜利的图像表现,可充分体现波斯帝国王权艺术的特征。本文将通过解读浮雕的图像内涵并分析图像与铭文的关系,阐述大流士有意识地创造王权图像的目的和意义。

The artistic style of the ancient Persian Empire was formed in the Darius Ⅰ period. It dissociated from time and space, condensed the important events related to the performance of kingship into pictures, and consciously created images with weakened narration, strengthened symbolism and subjective imagination that served the kingship, by borrowing the image elements of different civilizations. Behistun Inscription is the first royal art work after Darius acceded to the throne. It is not only a written record of Darius’ achievements in suppressing rebellion, but also an image representation of the great victory of the king, which can fully reflect the characteristics of the kingship art of the Persian Empire. This paper will explain the purpose and significance of the kingship image created by Darius consciously by interpreting the image connotation of the relief and analyzing the relationship between the image and the inscription.