Susan Langer "art Form Of Life Theory"

The " Art Living Form Theory" has profound historical and cultural background and philosophical foundation in the twentieth Century Western colorful modern literary theory, it has played a very important role, of great theoretical significance. Scholars often mentioned the " art living form theory", usually refers to the famous German philosopher, America Symbol Aesthetics, one of the representatives of Susanne.K. Langer proposed the theory of "art living form ". She is the first time in the history of Western Aesthetics of art is defined as "the living form ", On the basis of gambling public house long, she wants to do a more detailed description of the system, makes it become a concept as a soul of her aesthetic theory, the philosophy of art because full of vigour and shine. The theory from a new semiotic perspective, puts forward "Art as the symbol of humam feeling " a unique definition, redefinition and expansion of the "feeling" concept, points out, the feeling is all people feel, and on the relationship between "feeling" and "life" are discussed, believe that feeling is a part of life, is the life of the turbulence in the most prominent crests, feeling and life, the two are inseparable, the basic form of emotional life form, they appear and disappear form also is life into that form the long and death process. Art as a kind of unique expressive symbols, is the logical form, human emotion Abstract popular terms, all forms of art are human emotional form, is a projection of the human life activity, projection art forms of life is the source of human emotion and inner life. In the analysis of "art" and "feeling","life" on the basis of the relationship,"combined with the basic characteristic of living organisms, organic, movement, rhythm, growth, discusses the characteristics of life connotation of art form, the art form itself is a kind of life form. Points out the outstanding works of art have a logical form is similar to the basic forms of organic life, art should first be vividly reflected the life activity of human beings, then should have the basic characteristics of organic life. But between the two is not the same, is only a logic similar, the art form is not like real organisms that can breathe. In short, a work of art is only the first in a kind of emotional display, which presents itself as a projection or a symbol of life, then the logic of the form of people can from the basic forms and organic life similar to obtain aesthetic feeling. And the art forms of life that perception is a kind of intuition, i.e. intuition is to grasp the way of art forms of life meaning, this process is not required by the inference steps of abstraction. Art as expression of symbol system, on the one hand, it can through the artistic imagination of self consciousness, the whole process of life and the inner spiritual insight, on the one hand, as a part of human life, it can be through the emotional education to promote cultural development and stability.