The Reasons of the Animal Mask Appeared on the bronze sculpture

Animal Mask bronze in the evolution and the reasons. Bronze bronze in the Animal Mask can be traced back to the late Neolithic to early summer in the Longshan culture pottery. Our pottery has been discovered that the closer the shape of bronze, most of the pottery is plain, and the pottery pattern point of view, remaining under the plan pattern, fingerprint pattern of squares and stamped it in shape more than the Neolithic pottery stress, chic, but they lost in the decoration on the Neolithic pottery decoration has the rich and lively, with a loss of rhythm of curved lines.
The harmonious world has begun to decline, instead of private ownership it is the gradual generation, class generation, the changing nature of society, bronze In such historical conditions, it produced a. Since then, the decoration began to free, lively and turned serious, still, deep cast protruding carved ornaments, reflecting a mysterious strange means. One thing was sure that the production of the china bronze sculpture was based on a very shaky foundation. According to archaeological discoveries of the summer generation of the two inside the burial site, found a bronze card, about 14-17 cm, 9-10 cm wide, with turquoise chip inlay on bronze tablets on the composition of the bronze in the Animal Mask decorative patterns, which may be first discovered in the Bronze Animal Mask of bronze.
This should be the Xia Dynasty is still in its start-up phase of theocracy, but also to retain the relatively simple human breath. The Shang bronze decoration and early summer compared to the two inside, has been significantly enriched, many of them in the Animal Mask bronze have begun to pop up, but still did not have that kind of hideous bronze in the Animal Mask. Meanwhile, as a result of tiny and weak country as well as less communications with the various states in the Central Plains, in this case, the development of bronze sculpture was bound to be divorced from the main trend of the Central Plains. However. After the mid-to business, with the mysterious atmosphere of terror in the Animal Mask bronze bronze ornamentation began to become a theme. This period represented by bronze in the Bronze Animal Mask has reached the pinnacle of art, as communication between God and man the important messenger.
These hideous bronze in the Animal Mask, and the mighty heavy style, with the solemn, serious, serene and full of mysterious atmosphere of the ritual is consistent, more shocking that people fear the infinite world of the gods and the deep piety. In the late Shang Dynasty, a number of large bronze began to come out; the representative of Nanyang, Henan unearthed Si Mu Wu Fang Ding. The chinese  bronze sculpture in that country developed its own individual way on the original basis. Then bronze as the "Rites" means the feature has become even more evident, to a certain extent, reflects the development and prosperity of slavery. Bronze precipitation was a strong emotion, as if shrouded in a mysterious atmosphere, regardless of their shape, decoration, brings both the feeling of mysterious terror, seems to be the authority of divine power over the world.
To the Western Zhou Dynasty, bronze in the decoration has been changed, but basically followed the Shang decoration style. The original lines have been imposing sight, replaced by a smooth line, decoration of the composition tends to be brief. The late Western Zhou Dynasty, with the decline of slavery and shaken, and in the ideological field, is shaken theocracy and decline, as ritual bronze inevitably start to decline. Gradually turned to bronze decoration simple, elegant and plain. Gradually weaken the mysterious atmosphere of the past, bronze in the Animal Mask has lost the kind of mighty grim atmosphere. The sculpture in bronze in the Spring and Autumn period more were sets of Ding, Gui, Hu, Pan, Yi.
This is because the primitive kind of peace, Things to elect the wise and the able, talk about good faith. Our view from the bronze decoration and the feeling is not the kind of hideous, but it is very beautiful and chic.