傩面具艺术是傩文化中一种十分具有代表性的艺术表现形式。从最初的产生到目前的存在,期间经历了几千年的发展与变化,表现出了十分顽强的生命力。作为一种文化现象,傩面具艺术涉及了十分广泛的历史、宗教、民俗、工艺美术及美学等学科与内容,是傩文化艺术的结晶。在本章节中,笔者试从工艺美术发展史的角度,对傩面具的艺术特征,历史沿革及风格的演变及一些与其发生发展相关的内容进行一些探讨,力求粗线条地勾划出其发生发展的大致轮廓。(一) 傩面具的渊源(1) 纹身术与傩面具原始社会的氏族和部落,把纹身术与图腾崇拜是 傩 Mask art is one of the most representative forms of expression in culture. From its initial birth to its present existence, it has undergone thousands of years of development and change and has shown a very strong vitality. As a cultural phenomenon, 傩 mask art involves a wide range of disciplines and contents such as history, religion, folk custom, arts and crafts and aesthetics. It is the crystallization of 傩 culture and art. In this chapter, I try to explore the artistic features, historical evolution and style evolution of 傩 masks and some contents related to the occurrence and development of 傩 masks from the perspective of the development history of arts and crafts, Roughly outline (A) 渊 masks of the origins (1) tattoo and 傩 mask primitive clan and tribal society, tattoo and totem worship is