南阳有悠久的历史,两汉时期是南阳历史上的辉煌时代。南阳画像石在内容题材上,既有天上和人间,又有人、兽和神灵。在表现手法上,古朴豪放,深沉博大。在创作方法上有着明显的现实主义、浪漫主义、象征主义的三大艺术特点。一、现实主义在中国有着悠久的历史和光辉的成就。我国绘画传统的主导的、优势的倾向,一直是现实主义。汉武帝刘彻利用美术来纪念建立了功勋的将帅功臣。在骠骑将军霍去病墓前树立大型纪念碑雕刻,在未央宫麒麟阁图绘 Nanyang has a long history, the Han Dynasty is the history of Nanyang brilliant era. Nanyang icon stone in the content theme, both heaven and earth, but also people, beasts and gods. In the performance tactics, simple bold, profound and broad. In the creative method has obvious realism, romanticism, symbolism of the three major artistic features. First, realism has a long history and glorious achievements in China. The predominant and dominant tendency of our traditional painting has always been realism. Han Wu Di Liu Che using art to commemorate the establishment of the meritorious heroic hero. In the general riding Huoqiu tomb set up a large monument carving, unicorn palace in Kirin Pavilion map