Re-examination of Ancient DNA in Texas Rock Paintings

An unsuccessful attempt to study ancient DNA from Pecos River genre rock paintings located in shelter 41VV75 in the Lower Pecos River region of southwest Texas is described. We were unable to extract any ancient DNA from these Pecos River genre rock paintings, casting doubt on a previous study that reported extraction and characterization of ancient DNA in paint samples of the same genre at the same site.     

象数符号与上古岩画中的网格图案初探

运用象数符号概念,从考古学、天文学、古文字学等多维视角对中国上古岩画中的网格图案进行初步探析,可以推测象数符号是文字符号产生之前,上古时代人们记录天文历法知识的特殊符号形式。     

Rock Paintings in Tibet

Rock paintings in China can be divided into south-ern and northern schools.Southern school rock paintings depict mainly religious rituals and are painted in red. They are distributed in an area from southwest to south China.Northern school rock paintings, carved into rocks, show hunting activ-ites in north China. They are distributed in an area from the northeast to northwest and southwest. The part from northeast to southwest China extends from Heilongjiang to Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gan…     

古书画的门道

在这收藏的热潮中,文物的身价涨了,文物专家也得到了社会广泛的认可和尊重--收藏者需要他们来掌眼--即鉴定文物的真伪.文物鉴定是专门的学问,其中又以书画鉴定最为不易.很多复杂的情况,并不只是简单的"真伪"二字就能说得清的.     

纸质古书画修复举例

书画装裱是我国独特的传统工艺,从两晋南北朝发展至今已有1700多年的历史。它的产生与发展,对于保存灿烂的民族文化遗产、传播人类精神文明,起到了一个特殊的作用。     

仙居岩画述论

本文详细介绍了仙居岩画的分布及画面内容,并主要从岩画的刻凿工具、图像特征、民俗学色彩等方面对岩画的制作时代作初步探讨,并从古越先民的农事意识、生活形态、宗教意识等方面对岩画的文化内涵提出了自己的见解。     

Pagoda-Shaped Pictures in Tibetan Rock Paintings

In 2004 we, with our colleagues, went to the Helanshan Ranges in Ningxia to conduct a rock-painting survey for more than a month. We were members of the Rock-Painting Research Center, Ethnology and Sociology College of the Central University for Ethnic Minorities. In the central and northern sections of the Helanshan ranges, we accidentally came upon quite a lot of ＂pagoda-shaped＂ rock paintings of the Xixia period （1038-1227）. These rock paintings consist of two different types.     

装潢与“司命”（下）——古书画装裱与修复

三．古书画装潢与修复在国内外的失与得 有些重要的作品,特别是一些唐宋名迹,因为历时久远,已经过多次修复重装,原裱多已不存,绢质纸素酥脆脱落,更需谨慎从事。修复或重裱重要的历代书画文物,首要前提必须遵循修复和保护古书画应坚持的基本原则,其次需聘请数位国内外相关领域的专家,根据具体情况制定详细周密的修复方案,执行科学合理的操作步骤,才能做到万无一失,有效保护这些珍贵的物质文化遗产。     

岩画人类的童年画卷

今年4月24日,宁夏回族自治区的"贺兰山岩画"开始正式申报世界文化遗产.在此一个月前,连云港市甚至悬赏百万破译"东方天书"--将军崖岩画,岩画中究竟隐藏着什么玄机呢?让我们跟随研究者的脚步,一起进入岩画里的神秘世界,看看这些刻在石头上的图画究竟说了些什么.     

绚丽多姿的远古彩陶绘画

在人类文明发展史上,彩陶艺术是构成我国远古文化的重要组成部分。彩陶艺术的发展,从产生、鼎盛到衰退,经历了长达五千年的历史。在远古时代,勤劳智慧的先民们对泥土的加工与运用,以水和火作媒介,使泥土变成陶器,这一漫长的摸索过程,是万千古代艺术家的伟大创造,是历史丰碑的形     

Archaeological Work IN THE RUINS OF CHINGWA TAKTSE PALACES

<正>The ruins of Chingwa Taktse are located in the Chogye Valley in Lhoka of Tibet.It faces the famous Valley of the Kings across a distance.According to Tibetan historical records,Chingwa Taktse was the earliest Tubo palace complex.Six notable palaces were built successively on the rolling hills here.Local folklore has it that it is a"princess's tomb":a rammed earth     

Tangka Paintings IN TIBET

Tangka (a Tibetan word meaning"silk, satin or cloth painting scroll")have been in vogue in Tibet for centuries, but no one knows when andwhere they evolved. Archaeologistswho found pottery bearing patternsin the Karub Site dating back some5,000 years came to the conclusionthey were the embryo of the Tibetanpainting art.FRESCOES. In Tibetan, "tang"means "unfolding" or "displaying".Tangka is created with the intentionof showing the painting art to thepublic. This shows the importance offre…     

贺兰山岩画的存在论分析

贺兰山岩画是视觉语言的具体表述,在这一表述形式之外,它是无法存在的。无论是从被视知觉感觉到或经验到的意义和物体或现象来看,还是就贺兰山岩画自身生存的具体语境而言,整个贺兰山岩画视觉语言系统都可以被区分为独体岩画和合体岩画两个子系统。前者指内部有着一定结构关系的、相对独立存在的、意义相对完满自足的单个岩画形式,后者指由两个或两个以上独体岩画形式结构的、相对独立存在的岩画形式。     

探寻达茂草原岩画

辽阔的达茂草原,东与乌兰察布市的四子王旗接壤、西与巴彦淖尔市的乌拉特前旗毗连,北接蒙古国,南靠阴山。达茂草原富饶而美丽,是中国古代北方少数民族生息、畜     

印记仰慕 化为永恒 古书画上常见的清朝官私鉴藏印

印章,是中国书画艺术的重要组成部分。在传统书画中,诗、书、画、印这四种元素既可各自独立,又能互补共存,融为一体,共同构成传统书画的核心内容。中国古代书画上的印章,主要包含有两个方面：一是作者在书画创作时,     

广西左江岩画的艺术特征及其价值

左江沿岸保存着许多古代壮族先民骆越人的珍贵化遗产——岩画,左江岩画有她自己的模式、风格、特征,当把这些共同的特征结合起来后,可以形成一个整体的概念。     

从古代屏风看唐代壁画中的山水

本文阐述中国古代屏风的起源、演变和发展过程,并将屏风这一特有载体和中国山水画的题材联系起来。作者以历年出土发掘的屏风实物和古代绘画作品为主要对象,进行分析论证,梳理了屏风和绘画的关系屏风作为中国古代文化的一种符号,构建出自我和外部世界,尤其是唐屏风山水壁画成为中国文人士大夫绘画的启蒙,这种表现形式体现当时人们与对道德、价值观念的思考。同样,屏风山水画不仅仅是装饰性存在,它映射出中国文化更深刻的寓意。、一扇屏风成为一种绘画的载体,它的模糊身份构成了古代人文画的本体,对研究中国文化的人文精神风貌具有特殊的标本价值     

GESAR STANDING FIRMLY IN THE RUINS——A Travelogue in Yushu after the Earthquake

<正>The weather is quite different between the capital Beijing and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during April and May,when it gradually begins to warm up.Though people complain a lot about the late arrival of spring,particularly this year,occasionally warm currents still make you feel uncomfortable.The spring in Beijing is just begining but it definitely terrifies a person who is accustomed to the cool climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.Whenever I think that I will soon arrive at Xining where the air is cool and favorable,my heart cannot help being at ease.However,Xining was not my destination in this trip,but rather Yushu, the place that made my heart heavy.     

青海民和县寺沟峡岩画调查简报

2019年,丝绸之路南亚廊道调查队在青海省民和县寺沟峡内发现了4幅6组个体102个岩画,并对岩画进行了详细的调查、测绘和数字化扫描。从整个岩面的制作技法来看,有直接磨刻法和敲凿法。岩画主要以抽象图案为主,有少量人像、持物人物、鸟等具象形象。其形象与新石器晚期至青铜时代彩陶图案纹饰相似度较高,与中原地区岩画有着密切关系,为研究官亭盆地早期文化提供了新的突破口。     

Ancient Rock Art at the Mouth of Trango Go

Trangu Go is located in the County of Kongkar,around the midstream area of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.It is a triangular ravine extending from South to North for 13 kilometers.One side faces the river;the other has mountains on three sides.In Trangu Go,archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic Tibetan site containing some barley seeds which are by far the earliest relics in Tibet.Since then, this ravine has acquired a reputation.On a sunny,golden autumn day,my old partner