略论人体美观念的历史发展

A Brief Discussion on Historical Development of Physical Beauty View

人体美产生于人的自由自觉的创造活动,是人将自身作为审美对象观照所认识到的美。人类的人体美观念经历了一个萌芽、发展和成熟的历程,并伴随着人类历史进程的变化而不断变化。原始人类关注的是人的生殖力和生命力之美;进入到文明时期,人类从对人体生殖部位的单纯关注转向为重视性的魅力和吸引力,同时发展了对于精神美的认识。人体美观念发展的必然趋势,是将对精神美的要求同对自然身体的美的认识相结合,形成人的精神与形体的和谐一致和交融互渗之美。

Physical beauty comes from the conscious creative activities of human beings.It is recognized as beauty when the human body is viewed as the aesthetic object.The physical beauty view of human being has undergone a process of germination,growth and maturity and changes with human historical evolution course.Physical beauty view of primitive men mainly represents that the people attach importance to sex and reproduction and people also put emphasis on the vitality of human beings.The people in civilization period transfer their attention from sexual reproduction to sexual attraction.They pay attention not only to the physical growth but also to the appreciation of the regularity of secondary sex character as well as the recognition of beauty of spirit and soul.The human physical beauty view may attain its highest level that the demand for psychological and spiritual beauty is integrated with the natural physical beauty awareness to form a harmonious beauty integrated with spirit and physique.