When did the art of sculpture originate? What are the characteristics?

It can be traced back to more than 4000 years BC. Primitive sculpture can be counted from stone tools and pottery in primitive society, which is the prelude of China sculpture. Pottery of various shapes laid the foundation for the multi-directional development of China sculpture.

With the end of the Paleolithic Age, independent sculptures have appeared in the Yellow River Basin and Northeast China in the Neolithic Age. Of course, it has gone through a long transition period. According to the existing archaeological research data, more than one million years ago, primitive humans appeared on the land of China. Such as Zhoukoudian Beijingers, Yuanmou people in Yunnan, Lantian people in Shaanxi and so on.

They live in caves and live by gathering and hunting. About 200,000 years ago, "ape-man" evolved into "ancients" and made a transition to matriarchal clan society, such as "Dingcun people" in Shanxi and "Changyang people" in Hubei. The period of "newcomers" was about 50 thousand years ago, such as "Hetao people" in Inner Mongolia and "Ziyang people" in Sichuan.

The matriarchal clan society flourished more than 7000 years ago, and the most representative ones were Yangshao culture and Hemudu culture. Since then, human beings have entered the patriarchal society, polarization between the rich and the poor, ruling and being ruled, and then human beings have entered the slave society.

Features: all-wood carving, lying on one side, four feet closed, head and neck side view, double-angle upright eye carving realistic, serene eyes and serene expression. The whole body is dark black paint, and regular spots are drawn in gold, yellow and red.

There is a small wooden drum on the deer's back, which is 4 cm in diameter and 3 cm thick. The periphery of the drum is beveled, decorated with vortex and dot patterns. Beautiful appearance and unique style. Luming Literature's auspiciousness is a traditional concept since ancient times. With the harmonious combination of deer and drum, artistry and practicality are ingeniously unified.

Main Contents of China Ancient Sculpture Art

Mausoleum sculptures (including memorial stone carvings on the ground and tomb figures buried with the tomb), religious sculptures, folk sculptures and other sculptures. The stone carvings of large tombs began with the stone statues and beasts before the tombs of the Han Dynasty. Stone carvings in ancient tombs are mainly the remains of emperors' tombs in Southern Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Liang Dynasty, Chen Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Northern Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, as well as the tombs of ministers and nobles.

The tombs in the Northern Wei, Liao, Jin and Xixia Dynasties were seriously damaged, and only a few stone carvings were left. The works of the Southern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty represent the highest achievements of tomb stone carving. From Ganling in Tang Dynasty to Northern Song Dynasty, the content and configuration of stone carvings gradually formed customization, which was passed down in Ming and Qing Dynasties.