THE REORGANIZATION OF COLOR SYSTEM BASED ON MOGAO CAVE MURAL PAINTINGS

Abstract

The color of Mogao Cave murals has gradually been paid attention to in artistic creation and design with the development of the times. In the past, researchers' study of the color of Mogao Cave murals was limited to a particular aspect of color, such as technique and pigment, without forming a complete theoretical system of murals' color. Although the standard color system is whole, it is not fully applicable to the study of Mogao Cave mural color because of the different theoretical foundations and the differences of the times, which leads to the use of Mogao Cave mural color in art and design works is very singular and lacks systematicity and innovation. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to collect and analyze data on many aspects of Mogao Cave mural painting color in the Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty and to use methods such as the mixed research method, the documentary method, and the comparative method to formulate a new system of color in Mogao Cave mural paintings, and to produce outputs in the form of a book, which will be provided to art practitioners to be used in their artistic creations and designs. This systematic, clear, and practical approach to research provides a new system for using Mogao Cave mural painting color elements in artwork and design.