The Gaze of Icon The Eye Worship in Primitive Belief and Its Expressions in Plastic Arts
Eyes are important sensory organs of human body. The primitive belief believes that the opening and closing of eyes divide light and darkness, and further connect with life and death, so in ancient mythology system it is regarded as the eyes of sun and gods, it is seen as the channel of soul, and even can communicate with heaven, earth, Gods and people. This knowledge affects the practice of ancient plastic arts, and in some civilized systems—such as the ancient Shu culture represented by Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui site in China, the worship of eyes is particularly clear and profound. Almost all of the icons in the belief systems acquire vitality by depicting the eyes, and they use their gaze to proclaim power and make preach, to discipline and create the worshipers who worship them.
eyes gaze primitive beliefs myth plastic arts
Weiduo Wang
School of Art Soochow University Jiangsu,China 215000;School of art and design China University of Mining and Technology Jiangsu,China 210002
国际会议
厦门
英文
452-456
2016-12-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）