"Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction" selects the representative secular donor portraits with typical costume characteristics in the murals of dunhuang grottoes as a reference, accompanied by historical documents and comparative research on costume textile cultural relics, and is produced and completed by an experienced design team led by Chu Yan and Cui Yan, reproducing the artistic appearance and unique charm of Dunhuang costumes in terms of shape, pattern and color.
The "Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction" chose the portrait of the donor as the main reference basis, because the donor, as the main body of the excavation of the Dunhuang Caves, Buddhist statues and mural paintings, has a relative realism, and in the late Dunhuang Grottoes, it has developed into one of the main contents of the murals. In terms of image selection, we try to take into account the various dimensions and levels of the era attributes, gender characteristics, identity status, ethnic differences, etc., and reflect the historical characteristics of multicultural integration highlighted by Dunhuang as an important town on the Silk Road from the perspective of costume art.
On the basis of in-depth study of the original appearance of Dunhuang mural painting and the history of the development of clothing in previous dynasties, the team focused on the analysis of clothing structure, pattern finishing, fabric weaving, color dyeing, accessories processing, makeup restoration and other six aspects of in-depth excavation, explore the continuation and leap from mural plane painting to realistic three-dimensional reproduction, and strive to seek verification and appropriate interpretation in many ways under the existing conditions, in order to achieve the purpose of originating from murals and conforming to historical facts, and finally present the rich and integrated artistic effects formed by Dunhuang's historical costumes in the millennium of change.
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (1)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Western Wei Cave 285 North Wall Female Offerings Portrait
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Western Wei Cave 285 North Wall Female Donor Statue Costume Art Reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (2)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Western Wei Cave 285 Beibi Female Offering Portrait
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Western Wei Cave 285 Beibi Female Offering Portrait Costume Art Reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (3)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Early Tang Dynasty Cave 375 South Wall Female Offerings Portrait
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Early Tang Dynasty Cave 375 South Wall Female Donor Statue Costume Art Reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (4)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Sheng Tang Cave 130 Du Du Lady Li Fo Tu Female Offering Portrait (Duan Wenjie Linyi)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Sheng Tang Cave 130 Du Du Lady Li Fo Tu Female Offering Portrait Costume Art Reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (5)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Zhongtang Cave 144 Dongbi Female Donor Statue (Duan Wenjie Linyi)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Zhongtang Cave 144 Dongbi female offering portrait Costume art reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (6)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Late Tang Dynasty Cave 9 Dongbi Female Donor Statue (Chang Shana Copy)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Late Tang Dynasty Cave 9 East Wall Female Donor Statue Costume art reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (VII)
▲ Yulin Cave Five Generations Cave 16th Cave The statue of Cao Yijin on the south wall of Yongdao Road
▲ Yulin Cave Five Generations Cave 16th Cave The statue of Cao Yijin on the south wall of Yongdao Road Is reproduced in costume art
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (8)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Generations Cave 61 Uighur Princess Offering Statue (Zhang Daqian, Linyi)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Generations Cave 61 Uighur Princess Offering Statue Costume Art Reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (IX)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Generations Cave 98 Dongbi Female Donor Portrait (Fan Wenzao Copy)
▲Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Generations Cave 98 East Wall Female Donor Statue Costume art reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (10)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Dynasties Cave 98 South side of the east wall Yu Khotanese King Li Shengtian offering statue Yu Khotanese Empress Offering Statue
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Five Generations Cave 98 South side of the east wall Yu Khotanese King Li Shengtian offering statue Yu Khotanese Empress Offering statue Costume art reproduction
Dunhuang Costume Art Reproduction (11)
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Shazhou Uighurs Cave 409 Cave Uighur King Offering Statue
▲ Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Shazhou Uighurs Cave 409 Uighur King Offering Statue Costume art reproduction
Design and production tidbits
(Author: Chu Yan Cui Yan)
(Source: Dunhuang Clothing Culture Research and Innovative Design Center)