摘要
泉州拥有的大量印度教石刻,在中国古代宗教石刻中非常罕见。不论其创作者是中国人还是印度人,这些石刻的风格来源一直困扰20世纪的艺术史研究。如果没有新的考古成果出现,这一问题将永远是个谜。本文认为泉州印度教石刻的艺术风格可能源自南印度朱罗王朝。笔者将泉州的每一方石刻与南印度的相应石刻进行了比较,它们是泉州石刻源自南印度朱罗时期的艺术风格,但出自当地艺术家之手的有力证据。
Among ancient religious sculptures in China, those in present day Quanzhou are unique in being the largest collection based on Hindu motif. Whether the artists were Chinese or Indian, and where the style originated from are questions which have puzzled art historians of the 20th century. Without major new discoveries in archaeology, these questions will always remain an enigma. The present paper focuses on the possibility that the style actually originated from those in South India during the Chola dynasty. The author compares each sculpture in Quanzhou to corresponding ones in South India. Together, they constitute compelling evidences that these Quanzhou sculptures were copies of the Chola style, but generated by artists of local training.
出处
《海交史研究》
2007年第1期1-58,共58页
Journal of Maritime History Studies
