古希腊艺术中的美德观

The Virtue View in Ancient Greek Art

古希腊是城邦制国家,具有谋求全民幸福的“乌托邦”式理想。古希腊思想家认为道德是实现理想社会的重要途径,因此,苏格拉底、柏拉图和亚里士多德等先哲们都非常重视关于美德的讨论,形成了比较完备和系统的美德伦理学理论。受此影响,古希腊艺术中的“美”具有浓重的道德色彩,只有反映了“真”“善”的艺术才是“美”的,“美”与“善”是相通的,只是呈现的面貌不同而已。

The ancient Greek society is a polis system with small territory and population which aim to build a “utopia” forthe happiness of the whole people. Ancient Greek sages believed that the only way to achieve this goal is having morality. As a result, theories of many philosophers, such as Pla to, Aristotle, are filled with moralization. Meanwhile, ancient Greek art bears a strong color of mo rality as well. Only the kind of art presenting “the truth and the virtue” is beautiful. This paper is an attempt to analyzeand research in the functions of ancient Greek art, the objects and expressive ways by ancient Greek virtue characterized polis, class and aesthetic. Thus, the result is to explore the impact of virtue in the formation and development of ancient Greek art.