略论印章边款的审美价值和学术价值

A Discussion on the Aesthetic and Academic Values of Seal Inscriptions

印章边款艺术，兼有书法、国画、镌刻、文辞之美，与碑碣、石刻、画像砖、画像石有异曲同工之妙。文辞的文学性，文字的书法美，图画的造型美，独特的章法结构和变化莫测的刀法美以及拓片的好坏是构成边款艺术的主要审美要素。金石美和工艺美是边款形式美的集中体现。印章边款所蕴藏的大量关于印人、印史、印论及艺术主张的宝贵资料，亦具有极高的史学价值和理论价值。

With its aesthetic perception of calligraphy, Chinese painting, engraving anddiction, the art of seal inscriptions is different in approach to that of steles, stone inscription, stone bricks and stone relief, but equally satisfactory in result. The key aesthetic elements of inscription art consist of literary nature of diction, the calligraphical beauty ofChinese characters, plastic beauty of painting, the unique structure and organization, themagical beauty of engraving, and rubbing quality. The formal beauty of inscriptions ismainly reflected in the beauty of inscriptions on ancient bronzes and stone tablets and theircrafts. Seal inscriptions contain a large number of precious materials about seal cutting ofman, history, review and artistic ideas, which are of great value in terms of history andtheory.