Extraction of Visual Elements from Animal Patterns on Bronze Artifacts in Henan Museum and Their Cultural and Creative Applications

Authors

  • Xinzhong Ma Faculty of Creative Industries, City University Malaysia, Malaysia Author
  • Husaini Bin Yaacob Faculty of Creative Industries, City University Malaysia, Malaysia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70088/bk3afj71

Keywords:

Henan Museum, Bronze artifacts, Animal patterns, Visual element extraction, Cultural and creative application

Abstract

The bronze artifacts collected by Henan Museum carry thousands of years of cultural accumulation in the Central Plains region. The animal patterns on them are not only an intuitive reflection of the aesthetic tastes and spiritual beliefs of the ancient ancestors, but also cultural and creative design materials with great development value. Taking the representative bronze artifacts of Henan Museum as the research object, this paper focuses on the animal patterns on the surface of the artifacts, systematically sorts out the two major types of real animal patterns and mythical animal patterns, and in-depth analyzes their morphological characteristics and cultural connotations. It explores and establishes a four-step visual element extraction method of "Traceability - Deconstruction - Extraction - Reconstruction", and combines modern design concepts and market demands to propose targeted cultural and creative application paths from four dimensions: practicalization, youthfulness, scenarization, and IPization. The purpose of this study is to realize the dynamic inheritance and innovative development of bronze culture through scientific element extraction and innovative design transformation, and to make the ancient bronze animal patterns radiate new vitality in contemporary life.

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19 March 2026

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026)

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X. Ma and H. B. Yaacob, “Extraction of Visual Elements from Animal Patterns on Bronze Artifacts in Henan Museum and Their Cultural and Creative Applications”, Des. Insights, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 38–48, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.70088/bk3afj71.