What are the types of Dunhuang cases?

The decorative patterns in Dunhuang Grottoes can be divided into five types: ground decoration, Buddha backlight, niche lintel decoration, cave wall edge decoration and altar seat decoration. Dunhuang patterns can be divided into algae wells, flat chess, herringbone slopes, niches, rosettes, edge decorations, top lighting, back lighting, clothing, utensils, tiles and so on.

Overview of Dunhuang Grottoes

Dunhuang patterns are an important part of Dunhuang grottoes art, and they are decorated in buildings, statues and murals, and also have their own independent forms. The relationship between patterns and murals, statues and buildings, without pattern decoration, murals are incomplete, statues are incomplete, and the whole grotto art lacks a complete whole.

Painted sculptures have always been the source of the theme of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. Colored sculptures can be divided into relief, high relief and round carving. Painted sculptures in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were the pinnacle of Mogao Grottoes. There are thousands of patterns and endless changes. It is no exaggeration to say that Dunhuang Grottoes are the richest artistic treasures in the world today.