书籍装帧艺术中的“形神”关系

On the Relationship between “Xing” and “Shen” in the Design Arts of Books

书籍装帧艺术的目的之一,就是创造形式意味的美感,它具有不可忽视的“形”美。在艺术创造中,如何才能“以形传神”,将书籍的本质特征描写得突出、鲜明,一是借书籍之“题”立意;二是与装帧艺术家的情感相联系;三是需要艺术家一种实际创造的本领——技巧。在艺术审美中,审美活动源于“形”,并在美的“形”的直接观照中展开;艺术审美的最终目标是“形”与“神”交会,完成情感的超越;情感是“形”与“神”交会的媒介,以情感为推动,达到形神兼备的最高境界。

One of purposes of the design arts of books is to create a kind of beauty of design unomittedly. How to make the essence of books clear lies in three aspects, and one is to express the ideas of the designers, another is due to the designer＇s affection upon the books and the last is based on the designer＇s skill of creation. In the aesthetic process, the aesthetic activity originates in ＂Xing＂, in which the activity is developed. The utmost aim is the harmony of ＂Xing＂ and ＂Shen＂, which reaches the highest ambit over the worldly emotion, meanwhile the emotion is the media making ＂Xing＂ and ＂Shen＂ reach a higher level.