张掖大佛寺西游记故事壁画艺术手法浅析

本文将张掖大佛寺西游记故事壁画与《西游记》小说逐图解读比照,于中揭示壁画的价值,欲告读者:文画各有所长所短,变文为图,文之不足,以画补之。取其长补其短,关键必要依意为图,其价值即显其间。创始年代之确定虽弥足珍贵,然若价值即真且贵,始成时年孰前孰后之疑虑,又何以掩玉?

An Analysis to the Frescos Describing the Stories of Pilgrimage to the West in Zhangye Grand Buddha Temple and Their Artistic Value

By comparing the frescos describing the stories of Pilgrimage to the West in Zhangye Grand Buddha Temple with the novel Pilgrimage to the West itself,this article tries to show the artistic value of the frescos and tell the readers that the frescos and the novel have their own strong points and limitations in their expressing style.While creating the frescos,the author tried to make up the limitations of the novel by the strong points of the frescos.The true value of the frescos lies in this.As for the suspense about the accurate creating time of the frescos,the author thinks what really matters are the true value of the frescos no matter when they were created.