According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty painted the statue Ganquan Palace. From Wei, Jin, Tang and Song Dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism prevailed, and there were many Taoist murals. Dunhuang murals preserved a large number of outstanding works of art at that time. Guo Moruo's Religious Beliefs of Li Bai and Du Fu: "There is a wall in the Taiwei Palace, which was written by the famous painter Wu Daozi."
Fragments of Qin Gong mural in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China, 2300 years ago. The Tang Dynasty is the prosperous period of China murals and the peak of China mural art, which produced many famous murals, such as Dunhuang murals and Qizil grottoes. After the Song Dynasty, murals gradually declined. It was not until 1949 that China murals were gradually restored and developed.
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With the diversified and personalized development of modern social life, more and more art forms with "self-expression" as the core have appeared in art. In order to meet the needs of social development, various art forms have appeared in modern murals and architectural environment art, creating a diversified cultural environment for people.
With the development of human civilization, orthographic mural art has a long history. It is a unique artistic form that human beings pursue the ideal of beauty and express their inner spiritual world. With the change of people's aesthetic concept, the acceleration of urbanization and the requirements of modern architectural environment for murals, the language of murals has changed greatly. Modern murals are quite different from traditional murals in the form of expression, language connotation and social function.
With the development of society, modern murals are also making constant progress and development. In the era when the Internet has not been popularized, people prefer reality, concreteness and rich content. However, with the birth and popularity of the Internet, people are troubled by too much information and become tired. What they need is something relaxed, bright and simple to be affirmed again, and the field of mural painting also changes accordingly, constantly bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new to meet people's needs and development.
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