What are the patterns on the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty?

Updated on culture 2024-06-16
4 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The patterns on bronzes are often decorated on the abdomen, neck, lid and feet of the objects. The content of the decoration mainly includes animal patterns (gluttonous patterns, kui patterns, dragon patterns, phoenix patterns, cockroach patterns, elephant patterns, fish patterns, cicada patterns, turtle patterns, snake patterns, rabbit patterns, rhino patterns, deer patterns, tiger patterns, silkworm patterns, toad patterns, etc.), character patterns (feasting, hunting, fighting, mulberry picking, human faces, feather people, racing, etc.), geometric patterns (cloud and thunder patterns, tile patterns, line patterns, scale patterns, ring patterns, heavy ring patterns, checkered patterns, stealing patterns, cloud patterns, milk nail patterns, wavy thunder patterns, rope patterns, string patterns, ring patterns, millet patterns, etc.). The patterns of bronze have many similarities with those of pottery, but they are more abundant than those of pottery.

    There are individual forms, fitting and continuous forms. The production techniques are mostly pottery mold recasting or inlay and knife carving, and some also have lacquer painting and coloring.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    In ancient times, bronze was called "gold" or "jijin", which is an alloy of red copper and other chemical elements such as tin and lead. The following are the main ornaments of the ancient bronzes I brought to you, I hope it can help you!

    Groove pattern:Representing a legendary animal that resembles a dragon, he said: "Kui......."One foot".

    The pattern is mostly a corner, a foot, the mouth is open, and the tail is rolled up. Some of the patterns have become geometric decorations. It is mostly used as the main pattern on the utensils.

    Dragon Pattern:"Sayings" "Dragon, the length of the scale, can be ghostly, can be small, can be huge", the pattern takes the image of the legendary dragon. There are basically three forms: the flexion form, where several dragons are coiled around each other and the head splits into two bodies in the middle.

    Pan Cantis:Shaped like a chopper, open mouth, curly tail, "Chinese Wu Yu" "for the destruction of the humble, for the snake will be Ruo". Wei Zhao's note: "The small snake is big". The pattern is composed of a small snake (虬) in the shape of a pan.

    Bird print:Some have long feathers hanging down their tails, and some have long tails rolled up, and their heads are looked forward or looked back. There are also high crowns on the heads of birds that rise up or droop, and this shape of the bird pattern is also commonly known as the phoenix bird pattern.

    Bird patterns are mostly used as motifs on utensils.

    Cicada pattern:Most of them are in a triangular shape as a cicada, without fore and rear feet, and are surrounded by cloud and thunder patterns. There are also those that are elongated, and have front and rear feet, and the middle is filled with cloud and thunder patterns.

    Silkworm pattern:The head is rounded, the eyes are prominent, and the body is flexed. It is mostly decorated on the mouth or feet of the utensil.

    Elephant pattern:The pattern of the phenomenon is characterized by a proboscis and a single elephant's head or trunk.

    Fish Pattern:The pattern shows the form of a fish, some of which are more rigid and some are vivid. One or two spinal fins and one or two pelvic fins.

    The fish pattern is often decorated on the plate, reflecting that the decoration of the utensils and the shape of the utensils are closely combined. Fish patterns are also often applied to copper washes and copper mirrors.

    Tortoise:Its shape is generally depicted in the whole shape of the turtle, which is not seen much in bronze ware, and is mostly applied to the plate.

    Shell pattern:The shape is shell-shaped, and the individual shells are connected to form a pattern.

    Cloud Thunder Pattern:A typical ornamentation on bronzes. Its.

    The basic feature is the formation of geometric shapes in continuous swirling lines. Some make a circular continuous composition, which is called moire alone; Some make a square continuous composition, which is called a thunder pattern. The cloud and thunder pattern is often used as the ground pattern of bronze ware, which is used to set off the theme decoration.

    There are also those that appear alone on the neck or feet of the object.

    Hook Thunder Pattern:It is composed of lines that are connected to each other in an approximate "T" shape.

    Breast nail lines:One of the simplest ornamentation on bronzes. The stria is a raised mastoid process, arranged in a single row or phalanx. There is another kind of milk nails, each placed in an oblique grid, which is called an oblique grid milk nail pattern.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    The popular bronze patterns of the Spring and Autumn period were decorated with ().

    a.Pan Cantis:

    b.The ring resembles a limb stripe.

    c.Beaulieu pattern.

    d.Narrative Braid.

    Correct answer: Pan mantis; Beaulieu pattern. Acorn narrative pattern.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    The ornamentation in the bronze loss has ().

    a.Animal pattern reed.

    b.Geometric pattern.

    c.Humanoid pattern.

    d.Abstract grain.

    Correct answer: ABC

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