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Illustrations of Jataka Tales

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Illustrations of Jataka Tales (detail)

佛本生圖

中國

圖中央繪釋迦牟尼佛,身軀健碩,著袒右袈裟。左手置於腹前,右手結觸地印,結跏趺坐於蓮座上。帶深綠色頭光,巨大圓形身光湛藍如海洋,突顯出主尊之立體感。
 主尊周圍本生故事皆附有編號和題記,共計十個。自圖右上角起編號二十一至三十,可知為同系列中的第三組,為梵文《本生鬘論》三十四則本生故事之第二十一至三十。以慈悲和忍辱為主題,依序為淨菩提本生、鵝王本生、大菩提本生、獼猴本生、舍羅婆鹿本生、九色鹿本生、猴王本生、羼提波梨本生、梵天本生、白象本生。
 個個本生故事自然貫穿於畫面之中,以山林、湖泊、山谷、石頭與樹木營造空間,白色和紅色為主的人物造型和活潑姿態,彷彿在棕綠景色中跳動閃爍。紅、綠色的皇宮在三角形的山、雪峰之頂及奇岩之間,顯得十分立體。黯淡的貝形雲包圍着釋迦牟尼佛的背光及四周的山峰。故事中的菩薩不論是以人身或動物化身,皆帶紅色頭光,令人容易辨認。
 人物明顯的肢體動作、姿態及衣著等,展現出藏傳繪畫的簡潔筆調和構圖,如主尊寬肩細腰、健碩活力的形象,有別於西藏西部慈和安詳的佛像,屬西藏東部之畫風;而景色強烈的深淺、濃淡對比,則具有明代(1368~1644)青綠山水畫的特色。底邊有紅字墨書「大明萬曆年號」,可能是經藏傳繪畫訓練但又精工中國畫之畫師所創。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 379.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrations of Jataka Tales." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 379.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrations of Jataka Tales" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:379.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrations of Jataka Tales. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 379).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 379,
title = {{Illustrations of Jataka Tales}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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