The Research Of The Artistic Form And The Development Of The Bookplate

Bookplate, which originated from Europe in fifteenth Century inGermany, is a kind of collection of tokens, pasted in book cover or books titlepage, showing the ownership of the collection master.Based on the concept, the characteristics of bookplates and thefunctional description, the thesis will demonstrate the art value of bookplatefrom the perspectives of practical function, investment function, love bookfunction, warning function and knot Friend function. The thesis will furthershow the significance of this research, indicating the distinction from Chinesetraditional seal, analyzing its artistic value and digging out the thick culturalheritage the bookplate embodies. Besides, the origin of the bookplate, itshistorical impact, the different manifestation the bookplate shows in differentperiod as well as the representative artists will be included in the thesis.This thesis will study the development course and the current situation ofbookplates both at home and abroad. The represented artists in various periodsare also included. Based on the analysis course of the survival and developmentproblem that bookplate encounters, considering the era environment background abundantly, the thesis will put forward the designing style which fits its owncharacteristics, explore the specific methods and strategies which is suitable forthe development of China’s bookplate. On the account of which the thesis willprovide the instructive advice for the development of the bookplate with richnational characteristics and individual artistic style combining with modernsocial consciousness. The feasible development strategy of bookplate industrywill be put forward, which is of great importance in improving our nationalconsciousness and aesthetic consciousness.This thesis will study the main benefit crowd of bookplate, the presenthot type of bookplate and the artists and collectors in each different periodthrough the interview survey, field survey and questionnaires on the network.Based on the results of which, the thesis will leak the filling and strengthentheoratical function of the theory.