Research on the Composition Art of Tang Dynasty Tomb Mural Paintings in Shaanxi with Xi'an Area as the Center

Mural painting is a kind of art on the wall. As an important type of traditional Chinese mural paintings, tomb mural painting has become a precious cultural heritage of the world through the historical and cultural development for thousands of years. The Tang Dynasty is the golden age for the development of tomb mural paintings. At present, about two thirds of the nearly two hundred mural paintings are discovered in Guanzhong region with the Xi'an as the center in this period. It prominently shows majestic momentum and exquisite skills of paintings in the Tang dynasty and represents the bustling social life of the Tang dynasty again, which has crucial artistic value and academic value. Mural composition plays an important role in expressing contents and themes of murals. This paper, based on the composition, the important factor of mural artistic features, analyzes the composition of tomb mural paintings in the different periods of Tang dynasty in Xi'an area, so as to explore the development of tomb mural paintings in the Tang dynasty. The research on composition provides important basis for period division of mural, and offers better creative inspiration and source for modern painting creation.