Dunhuang Grottoes are not only a world-famous art treasure house, but also a colorful museum of pigment specimens. A large number of painting art pigment samples from the Northern Dynasties to the Meta-algebra for thousands of years have been preserved, which is an important material for studying the chemical history of ancient pigments in China and even the world.
Wang Jinyu, a researcher at Dunhuang Research Institute, used scientific methods to combine the analysis results of modern instruments with the records of ancient documents, and took more than 30 common colors such as red, yellow, green, blue, white, black and brown in Dunhuang murals as samples. After scientific analysis, he put forward the above viewpoint.
In Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Wang Jinyu said that by studying the mural pigments of Dunhuang Grottoes in different periods, it can not only be confirmed that China was one of the first countries to use lapis lazuli, patina, Lithuanian, red alum and mica powder as pigments in paintings, but also show that China's ancient chemical technology and pigment preparation skills were at the leading level in the world at that time.
Modeling characteristics of Dunhuang murals
There are gods (buddhas, bodhisattvas, etc.). ) and the vulgar images in Dunhuang murals (used for people and characters in story paintings). Both of these images come from real life, but they are different in nature. In modeling, the image of laity is full of life and the characteristics of the times are more distinct; The image of the gods changes less, and there are more elements of imagination and exaggeration.
In terms of clothing, laymen mostly wear Chinese clothes in the Central Plains, while immortals wear them abroad. The method of daubing is also different. Mediocre people often use the Central Plains daubing method, while immortals often use the Western concave-convex method. These are constantly changing with the times.
Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Dunhuang murals