人物圖像堵面雕作之美感解析 — 傳統木雕藝術研究

Abstract

The aim of this study is to discuss the traditional wood carving techniques and skills, knowledge and belief, on human-figure subject, focusing on the wooden shrine in the Shih Ancestral Temple at Lu-Kang, which was craved by the master Cheng-Yang Shih. Oral history research method was used in data collection to organize making steps and process. Each carving was carefully documented by photo and drawing, to examine traditional artistic form, content and technique. Utilizing analytic perspective of art education and criticism, field data was analyzed on two foci: First, form analysis on material, technique, and structure; Second, content analysis on subject, background, meaning, and symbolic. It was to reveal the traditional aesthetics and cultural value of Taiwan folk art, traditional wood carving. This study provides art educators and researchers rich document for future research in the fields of folk art and art education.