高居翰国画研究的美学支柱

Aesthetic Pillar of James Cahill's Research of Traditional Chinese Paintings

美国汉学家高居翰的中国画研究以其视觉研究方法闻名学界。因为是美国汉学家,其视觉研究方法中的美学基础亦包含了美国美学的背景,主要为二十世纪中期美国流行的苏珊·朗格的符号论美学和阿恩海姆的格式塔心理学美学。这些美学背景主要体现为:在视觉核心地位的奠定中运用朗格"虚幻空间"观念;以人为符号秩序的建构解读董其昌"仿"的绘画理论与实践;运用格式塔心理学观念和方法于分析中国画的视觉构成和其中的张力结构与张力感受。

The American sinologist, James Cahill, is famous in academic circle for his visual methods in the research of traditional Chinese paintings. As an American sinologist, the aesthetic base of his visual methods in the research also includes American aesthetics, which consists of symbolist aesthetics of Susanne K. Langer and Gestalt Aesthetics of Arngeim. He applied Susanne K. Langer＇s concept of ＂virtual space＂ in the confirmation of core status of vision, interpreted Dong Qi-cang＇s theory and practice of his imitation with the construction of human as symbolic order, and analyzed the tension structure and feelings of tension embedded in the visual composition of traditional Chinese paintings with the help of concepts and methods of Gestalt Aesthetics.