地图的艺术美和科学美

on the Atistic and Sdentific Beauty of Map

地图的美不仅表现于地图外在形式的艺术性,而且也表现于它内在形式的科学性。前者是地图图形和色彩等物质属性直接体现的美,属于艺术美。后者蕴含于体现性理的内在结构中,属于更深层次的科学美,只有从这两个层次全面分析地图美的特征,才能真正认识地图美学研究的实际价值。

The beauty of a map lies not only in its extrinsic artistic quality, but its intrinsic scicntific quality as well.The former is an artiSfic beauty directly exprcssed in the physical attributes(cartographic figures, Colours, etc.)of a map,while the latter is a more profound scientific beauty contained in a map's internal structure of rcasoning Only a complete analysis, which encompasses both of these two factors, Of the beauty of a map can roveal the true value of such a study.