THE ART OF DECORATING STATUES IN LAU THUONG COMMUNAL HOUSE

Authors

  • Cao Thi Van Hung Vuong University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2022/711

Keywords:

Art of decorating statues, worshiping statues, architectural decorative statues in Lau Thuong communal house, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province

Abstract

The art of decorating statues in the Lau Thuong communal house Lau Thuong communal house is one of the large communal house with longstanding historical and artistic value in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho province. The communal house was born in the end of the seventeenth century, bringing both basic features like the communal house of the same period in general, and many unique poetic features, especially in the art of carving, this is the only communal house in the whole province, form into worshiping statues are used to decorate the altar and a series of other decorative statues systems on the architecture, even in some small statue wooden carvings are used as one of the important layout components to make the carvings more graceful and meaningful. In general, with the contribution of the art of decorating statues in the Lau Thuong communal house, it has more or less contributed to creating cultural, historical and aesthetic values for the largest and typical ancient communal house in the land of Hung Vuong.

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References

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Published

2023-12-19

How to Cite

Cao Thị , V. (2023). THE ART OF DECORATING STATUES IN LAU THUONG COMMUNAL HOUSE . SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2022/711

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Humanities and Social Sciences