中西方审美观差异.ppt

Aesthetic views between China and the west 审美观 Similarities of Aesthetic values between Chinese and the westerners First of all, both peoples regard sensational pleasure as the foremost judgment of beauty. Secondly, both people regard goodness as beautiful and evil as ugly. Thirdly, both peoples cherish truth and censure falsehood.. Differences of Aesthetic values between Chinese and the westerners First of all, the most distinguished ideas of western aesthetic views, such as aesthetic autonomy(自律), disinterestedness, and art for art’s sake, have never been articulated in the tradition of Confucianism. Second, (Confucian) aesthetics also bears a pragmatist实用主义 spirit which prefers practicality to academy. Six arts(六艺): ritual礼, music乐, archery射, driving御, history书, and arithmetic 数 Reasons underlying the two different aesthetic values Humanism VS Scientism One of the intellectual heritages of classical China is humanism. However, scientific spirit was preached in the western countries. During the classical age in China, it is just the humanism that consistently and distinctively concerns itself with human life, human conduct and human society. Humanism emphasizes knowledge, learning and thinking and it was greatly applied in the field of art. The western people especially the Greeks, centered on the study of plants and animals, of mathematics and geometry, of tools and mechanics. The difference is so great and so basic that it had great influence upon the art in western countries. Collectivism VS Individualism Chinese civilization emphasizes the importance of always maintaining the doctrine of the mean. Confucius, along with most of his interpreters down through the centuries, largely ignored the metaphysical纯哲学 and epistemological认知 questions that have generally taken center stage in the West. Instead, Chinese philosophers tend to emphasize the importance of acting on principle (or, according to the rites, called li in Chinese), with t