Old photos are the presentation of history and the aesthetic embodiment of an era. We can enter the aesthetic world through them and irritate the inner world of readers to achieve the effect of aesthetic pleasure. They will not only make modern man full of reminiscent and nostalgia emotions, but also witness the change of their aesthetic standards and aesthetic psychology. The aesthetic inspiration we get from watching old photos is a new direction of aesthetic research.Old photos, as an especially representative way in nostalgic series, acquired new life. From its rise in the 90 s to modern man’s mental nostalgic choices, it provides a vivid perspective of materials and explains shocking historical facts. It enables more and more young people remember the happiness of their childhood., as well as letting the middle-aged recall their parting youthful days. In addition, through these “watchâ€, “recallâ€, “watch again†and “recall againâ€ways, it can translate the vision into language differently and explain the different times of the aesthetic experience. The design of the paper as follows:The introduction summarizes the whole research result, related concepts which the paper involves and research thought. Combining previous research results, the starting point which the writer discusses is mainly built on the aesthetic view. The full article mainly discusses the aesthetic characteristics, one is the existence of the beauty characteristics which the old photos itself has, the other analyses viewers’ subjective feeling from the view of aesthetics of reception.Based on it, photos belong to a class of image space, hence making a necessary discussion of ontic beauty. The emphasis of the article is the interpretation of aesthetic psychology, reader’s feelings and aesthetic attitudes. Intuitively interpret modern people’s aesthetic psychology and aesthetic ways. The first chapter is mainly talking about aesthetic origin of old photos. From their psychological ages of aesthetic nostalgia to the aesthetic return caused by social pressure, to the aesthetic demand caused by the cultural transformation. The second chapter mainly researches the existence of beauty characteristics. Photos, as one of the image works, have image beauty ’ s attribute. It also has unique “time and space†and “planarityâ€. The third chapter analyses from readers ’ aesthetic reception, it has different aesthetic memories, aesthetic psychology and aesthetic feelings. This division mainly bases on Marxist materialist view, namely, the dialectical relationship between matter and consciousness. The fourth chapter mainly aims at the aesthetic reflection of old photos. First, it is the criticism of the public who addicted to the past. Then, it is the criticism of the public who choose to escape from society because of realistic pressure. At last,it meets the reader’s redemption of youth and partially releases the pressure of the public and alleviates some social contradictions. |