南阳汉代画像石刻艺术以其数量众多、内容丰富、分布集中而闻名中外,其在题材内容、雕造技法、艺术风格等方面对后世的雕塑、绘画产生了极深的影响。从目前掌握的考古材料看,南阳汉代画像石产生于西汉中期,至东汉早中期已逐渐掌握了一系列娴熟的画像雕刻技艺,在东汉晚期渐趋衰落。由于材料所限,汉画像石艺术对南阳汉代以后的 The stone carving art of the Han Dynasty in Nanyang is famous both at home and abroad for its large quantity, rich content and concentrated distribution. It has a profound influence on later generations of sculptures and paintings in terms of theme content, carving technique and artistic style. Judging from the archeological materials currently available, the Han Dynasty stone figurines in Nanyang originated in the mid-Western Han Dynasty and gradually mastered a series of skilled portraits of carving portraits until the early and middle Eastern Han Dynasty, gradually declining in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Due to material limitations, the Han Dynasty stone art of Nanyang after the Han Dynasty