本書為台灣少見木雕技法說明書籍。透過此書,讀者不僅能了解關於木雕藝術的基本常識,更經由國寶級木雕大師吳榮賜的口述,了解台灣神像雕刻的步驟,一窺神像製作的奧祕。吳榮賜同時分享自身多年的實務經驗,說明木雕常見的雕刻技巧,以及自己的獨門絕技。書中並針對常見的木雕造型進行題材處理的說明與巧思,所舉之作品結合文學與藝術兩個領域,實為國內欲研究木雕工藝者的一大福音。|木雕師簡介|吳榮賜WU JUNGTZU (b.1948)生於臺灣南投。師從福州名師傅潘德,後為著名建築學者、美學家漢寶德先生賞識指導,逐步嶄露於藝壇。桃園大溪「木京鼎藝術雕塑工作室」創辦人。2011年受佛光山佛陀紀念館邀請,主持〈十八羅漢尊者〉、〈八宗祖師〉大型石雕創作,造就出空前的「神刀傳奇」,更為星雲大師所驚嘆,親書「大巧若拙」贈予。●經歷1982年獲任「臺北縣佛具雕刻工會」理事長2005年擔任「臺灣泥塑彩繪藝術傳習計畫」指導教師2006年應邀至紐西蘭進行木雕創作2009年擔任亞洲大學創意商品設計學系專任教授暨駐校藝術家2010年邀任佛光山「佛陀紀念館」石雕藝術總監2020年八月,獲聘為佛光山「佛陀紀念館」駐館藝術家●個展1986年「吳榮賜首次木雕個展」於臺北春之藝廊舉辦,往後受邀聯展、個展足跡遍及海內外,著名個展包含:「吳榮賜木雕展」(1990,臺灣臺北,行政院文化建設委員會文建藝廊)「吳榮賜木雕學藝二十年成果展」(1990,南投縣立文化中心)「三國風雲系列~吳榮賜木雕展」(1991,比利時蒙特瑪琍皇家博物館)「三國風雲系列~吳榮賜木雕展」(1991,法國巴黎,郭安博物館)「吳榮賜木雕展」(1999,哥斯大黎加,DR. Rafael Angel Cadero n Guardia歷史博物館)「甲骨文木雕展」(2003,臺灣臺北,101大樓)「吳榮賜木雕展」(2008,臺灣,佛光山臺北道場、亞洲大學、臺中民俗公園)
本書特色★從西廂記繪畫開始,進入中國版畫、年畫、「西洋鏡」畫片世界★國內外公私典藏機構授權,上百幅彩色圖版見證明清以來中西藝術、文化交流序PREFACEThe Romance of the Western Chamber, Xixiangji, has the iconic status in China that Romeo and Juliet has in the West. Both plays center around star-crossed lovers and feature protective parents and secret meetings facilitated by wily maids. But the most striking similarity lies in the extent to which both works have captured―and held―the public imagination over several hundred years. However, if both plays have been performed, adapted, and reimagined countless times, The Romance of the Western Chamber parts ways with its Shakespearean descendant by having also become an established resident of the visual arts.All of the key scenes in this tense (but ultimately happy) 21-act play have made their way onto porcelain and lacquer, and into paintings, printed books, and single sheet prints. We will perhaps never completely understand why the love story between the young scholar Zhang Sheng and the beautiful Yingying,