在我国数千年绵绵不断的美术发展长河中,或为涓涓细流,或汇百川而波澜壮阔,形成波涛起伏汹涌澎湃之势。其间历晋而唐以迄宋元,无疑又是重要的阶段。这和与其相应的西方世界正处于黑暗中世纪的情形相较,恰成了显明的对比。这期间,也是一个由变革到盛而衰的过程,这是和社会发展的进程基本相符的。在这一过程中,佛教美术扮演了一个主要角色;而且在整个范围内,也都与它息 In the continuous development of art in our country for thousands of years, or for the trickle, or Hundreds of rivers and magnificent surge, the ups and downs of the formation of waves surging trend. In the meantime Li Jin and the Tang and Song Yuan, no doubt it is an important stage. This contrasts sharply with the situation in which the corresponding Western world is in the dark of the Middle Ages. During this period, it is also a process of change from prosperity to decline, which is basically in line with the process of social development. In the process, Buddhist art plays a major role, and in its entirety, it also shares its interest