中国传统造物观念视野下的明代版刻插图研究

A Study on Ming-Dynasty Block-Printed Illustrations from the Perspective of Chinese Traditional Thought of Creation

造物是对事物进行改造,满足生活需要的活动,传统造物观念在指导造物活动的同时,也因生产实践而得到不断的深化。明代的《天工开物》自出现以来,不仅在国内影响深远,还传播到海外,被翻译成多种语言,在世界范围内产生了巨大的影响。其区别于同时代、同类型著作的一大特点是书中插图之多、之细,全书共有关于生产情景的插图123幅,画面人物动作逼真、表情自然,真实记录、还原了工艺生产的面貌,深刻体现了作者的造物观念,是中国实用类插图史上一个里程碑式的巨作。本文以《天工开物》插图作为研究对象,从版画史的角度探析明代版刻插图中的造物观念及其产生的文化影响。

Creation is an activity of transforming things to meet the needs of life,and the traditional thought of creation has been constantly deepened in the process of production practices while guiding the activity of creation.Since its appearance in the Ming Dynasty,Tian Gong Kai Wu(Exploitation of the Works of Nature)has not only had a profound influence in China,but also spread overseas and been translated into many languages,which has had a great impact in the world.One of the major features that distinguish it from the works of the same period and type is the number and detail of the illustrations in the book.There are 123 illustrations of production scenes in the whole book,with realistic movements and natural expressions of the characters in the pictures,which truly record and restore the appearance of craft production and deeply reflect the author's ideas of creation,making the book a milestone masterpiece in the history of Chinese practical illustrations.This paper takes the illustrations of Tian Gong Kai Wu as the research object,and analyzes the thought of creation and its cultural influence in the illustrations of the Ming Dynasty from the perspective of the history of printmaking.