《聊斋志异图咏》的独特审美意蕴

The Unique Aesthetic Connotation of the Illustrations of the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

《聊斋志异图咏》是文学家、画家、刻工"分工合作"的产物,这些"名手"借助刻版、单色印刷的特性,发扬了中国线性结构的美学特色及"以形写神"的意象造型观念,彰显出鲜明的民族特色和个性特征。精美插图对于感官的刺激,远胜于文学语言中的形体描述,唤起观者对小说内容的理解和想象,迎合了大众的审美心理。

The Illustrations of the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is a cooperated product of the litterateurs, painters and carve workers. Based on the characteristics of engraved version and monochrome porinting, these masters develop the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese linear structure and the image modeling idea of ＂conveying spirit through form＂, which expresses the distinctive ethnic characteristics and personality traits. As far as sensory stimulation is concerned, the exquisite illustrations do much better than the descriptions in literary language. They arouse the audience＇s understanding and imagination towards the content of novel, which caters to the public＇s aesthetic psychology.