青铜器摆脱礼法的束缚,是从西周厉王时开始的,亦即青铜文化的晚期。与以前相比,器型种类、纹饰特点及整体风格,都有了不小的改变。揭示的文化内容也更突出工艺的先进性和造型的艺术性,人本位的思想超越了神的至高无上,显示的审美特性日渐浓厚。如西周晚期的名器“刖人方鬲”,以前常被作为残忍奴隶制的具体表现。实际上换个角度来看,西周晚期的制度已近乎礼崩乐坏,人的写实形象出现在青铜器上,还说明创作思维的解放和对于人本身的认识有了提高。可以说,这一时期的器型,在整体上逐渐摆脱了庄重典 Bronze out of the shackles of etiquette, from the Western Zhou Li Wang began, that is, the late bronze culture. Compared with the previous model type, decorative features and the overall style, there has been no small change. The revealed cultural content also highlights the advanced nature of the craft and the artistry of the style, and the human-centered thinking transcends the supremacy of God and shows a growing concentration of aesthetic features. For example, the name of the late Western Zhou Dynasty, “Man Fang Fang,” was used as a concrete manifestation of cruel slavery. In fact, from a different point of view, the system in the late Western Zhou Dynasty was almost euphoria, and the realistic image of the man appeared on the bronze. It also showed that the liberation of creative thinking and the awareness of man himself have been enhanced. It can be said that the apparatus of this period gradually escaped the dignified code as a whole