The subjects of Dunhuang colored sculptures include

The subjects of Dunhuang colored sculptures include religious deities and bodhisattvas.

1. Religious idols refer to Buddhist deities, such as Buddha, disciples, heavenly kings and rishis. These gods and god statues in Dunhuang colorful sculpture expressed religious beliefs and worship of the subject, showing the unique charm of Buddhism.

2. The Bodhisattva statues refer to Guanyin, Dasheshi and the Bodhisattvas of Providence; as well as the disciples, the Heavenly Kings, the Rexes and the Flying Sky, etc. The Dunhuang colorful sculptures are based on the Mogaosi sculptures. Dunhuang color sculpture is to Mogao Caves as the center of the Dunhuang area of about 577 caves in the remains of the main part of the Buddhist art, these painted statues, there are more than thirty meters high giant statues, there are also more than a dozen centimeters of small statues, more than 3,000 bodies. Although they have survived for more than a thousand years, they are well preserved.

Features

Dunhuang colorful sculpture is the most prominent artistic characteristics of the cave statues and murals combined with each other, each other as a whole, accompanied by each other, complement each other. Buddha niche, Buddha altar on the colorful sculpture and the four walls of the paintings reflect echo, complement each other, not only to achieve the unity and harmony of the art of the entire cave, but also set off the main position of the statue in the cave.

Another feature is colorful, different postures. Plastic statues of gods in the cave repeated, easy to be one of a kind. But the ancient sculptor with a rich imagination will be the same statue of God shaped out of the shape of God style, character traits vary from the colorful image of a thousand, rich in strong artistic infectivity and appreciation value.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes color sculpture development process, is to absorb, digest foreign sculpture art and integrate it into the process of traditional Chinese art, but also China's Buddhist sculpture is gradually Chinese, the process of nationalization. In this development process, the Mogao Grottoes colorful sculpture art, on the basis of the local art tradition, betting on the long, from the initial simulation to thoroughly digested, so as to form its own system, the formation of a unique art style with local color, and become a monument to China's sculpture art.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Dunhuang colored plastic