Investigation On Aesthetic Of Book Design

Books are the material forms which record the information of human ideas, and the tools which accumulate knowledge and spread the human intelligence. The appearance of books makes the culture communication to an unprecedented development. With the appearance of books, book design will be the inevitable result. Book design takes the overall configuration as the carrier, and make the a series of overall visual image design from the core to the exterior. Book design is a multi-side, multi-level, multi-factor, three-dimensional and dynamic systems engineering.With the development of communication, all things are undergoing rapid change, and book design is no exception. Book design continuously makes progress with the development of the age. It has been an independent arts discipline from the accessorily status and gets more and more attention. It is the realistic significance to study the aesthetic of book design. It could conduct the practice of book design. Book design has practicability and aesthetics. According to the analysis of examples, author concludes the aesthetic culture and aesthetic characters of book design and hopes this dissertation has some meaning to book design development.This dissertation is organized as follows: chapter one expounds the motivation , purpose and significance of study, and related term explanation, and the method of study.Chapter two mainly studies the developmental history of book design about China and foreign countries, and knows the process of the history of the book design to some extent. This study tries to seek the guidance for the modern practice of book design from the study of the developmental history of book design about China and foreign countries.Chapter three analyzes the aesthetic culture of the book design. The form and content of book design are cultural phenomenon and belong to ideological areas. Book design itself has the comparatively independent cultural connotation. Chapter four discusses the unique taste character of book design. Book design possesses the aesthetic. Fine books will give people esthetical enjoyment. This chapter has a systems and overall analysis about the taste character of book design from the multi-side and multi-view.Chapter five studies the configuration aesthetic system of book design. It discusses the primary constituents, cover design, spine of a book design, back cover design, head page design and format design and so on. Chapter six prospects the future of the book design.Chapter seven is the conclusion.