战国“山字纹”铜镜设计研究

目的以战国“山字纹”铜镜为研究对象,梳理比较“山字纹”铜镜中“山字”的设计源流,对“山字纹”铜镜的设计类型、山字形态特征、组合形式变化、地纹装饰及使用原理等进行研究,挖掘“山字纹”铜镜的设计理念和文化传承。方法从设计学的视野出发,结合考古学、图像学、历史学等,分析“山字纹”铜镜的变化特征及类型、视觉形式与审美、映容使用等,以及分析战国时期该铜镜设计的源流性、装饰性、实用性及在地性,探究该纹样的设计内涵和文化基因。结论战国“山字纹”铜镜在传承中创新,具有当时特殊的设计思想和文化价值,其“山字纹”及图案组合视觉审美丰富,各具特色,既在楚地创造了特殊的形态符号,又是楚地文化、信仰、审美的标志,集历史、文化、审美、信仰、功用于一身,代表一段时期和地域铜镜设计的新艺术和新成就。

论山字纹铜镜的年代与分期

The "山"-shaped design bronze mirror prevailed in the pre-Qin period and constituted the main type of bronze mirror in the Chu State. Its varieties can be dated by analyzing their examples unearthed in great numbers from Chu tombs in Hunan Changsha and its vicinity and by referring to archaeological data from other localities. As known so far, the use of such mirrors can be traced to the early Warring States period and lasted to the time from the late Warring States period to the early Han Dynasty. They underwent the beginning, developing, flourishing and declining stages.