汉魏美学概观

A Survey of the Aesthetics in the Han and the Wei Dynasty

秦汉魏晋是中华审美意识的拓展与细化期。秦汉审美以雄健风流为特点, 集中体现在赋、隶书与画像砖石, 是述旧总体文化背景下之独特审美创造。魏晋审美在实践上开拓出自然审美与生活审美两个新领域, 书法艺术提前进入精品时代; 观念上出现了深入研究艺术创造和欣赏规律的专门理论著作和系统的审美概念体系, 为整个古典审美高峰期的到来打下扎实基础。汉魏美学可为理解后发生时期人类审美史之共性提供有益参照。

The period of the Qin, the Han, the Wei and Jin Dynasty is a typical one when China’s aesthetics developedand split. The aesthetics in the Qin and the Han Dynasty has the trait of magnificence and elegance which is embodied in Fu, Licalligraphy and stone reliefswith the cultural themes on historical events and with their own aesthetic creation. The aesthetics in the Wei and the Jin Dynasty had two new orientations, that is, nature-orientated aesthetics and life-oriented aesthetics, and its calligraphy reached a high level. This period produced some theoretical works on artisticcreation and appreciation as well as on the concept of aesthetics which laid down a social foundation for the coming of the best time of classic aesthetics. Thus, the aesthetics in the Han and the Wei Dynasty will have much reference value for understanding the similaritiesand traits of the development of aesthetics in China.