The Analysis and the Interpretation of “The Yami Boat mural Paintings” in the Churches of Lanyu / 蘭嶼天主堂大船壁畫的分析與詮釋

碩士 / 國立東華大學 / 民族藝術研究所 / 97 / Abstract

While both Christianity and traditional beliefs on indigenous tribes exert influences on indigenous tribes, the art decoration of churches reflects the process in which indigenous people search for their self-identity. The collocation of occidental Christian symbols and indigenous traditional images brings new rituals into traditional beliefs and presents two collateral sets of religious systems. “The Fishing Boat Wall Painting” and “The Cross” in Lanyu’s churches, two symbols representing their distinct cultural contexts, become new visual arts through religions. This painting plays the role of “decode” in the process of converting indigenous people into Catholics, deepens their understanding of Catholic, and shows their acceptance of Catholic in terms of traditional rituals.
Three main ideas in this study include (1) the painting background of “The Fishing Boat Mural Painting,” (2) the messages carried by “The Fishing Boat Mural Painting,” and (3) the examination of the aesthetic meanings conveyed by “The Fishing Boat Mural Painting” through religious and aesthetic experiences. To examine the form and composition of “The Fishing Boat Mural Painting” from the perspective of visual art and analyze its cultural context by the method of iconography. The fishing boat mural paintings convey the mixture of Catholic and traditional beliefs through the inter-relational and influential message patterns and further develop the distinct aesthetic meanings for Yami Tribe.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/097NDHU5233006
Date January 2009
CreatorsWei-Jehn Tao, 陶瑋珍
ContributorsChung-Fa Tong, 童春發
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format149

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