The Value Of Traditional Beauty Of The Book Layout Study Of Republic Of China And The Application Into The Modern Graphic Design

From the layout history of China ancient, upright layout is the biggest character for China traditional layout, according to the predecessors’study, the reason of upright layout is decided by the Chinese philosophy" syncretism between heaven and man", which impress the earliest book binding bambooslips. With the development of the science progress and the change of the book design, the China traditional upright layout was a process of getting perfect by itself.Republic of China is a reforming time in Chinese history. By the influence of modem printing technology and material, the Republic of China books were far away gradually from the traditional thread-bond book style, presented a scientific-reasonable and novel-diverse modern books shape. At the same time the traditional upright layout did not disappear instead of being the part of it, which made the layout style more concise and rich that time. On the other side,the traditional upright layout and the new layout consisted at the same time. But the scene of the layout prosperity disappeared after the establishment of the China.From the Chinese traditional art study and the graphic principle, the Republic of China is filled up with the beauty value, whose binding full of Chinese traditional beauty opinions, which belongs to "the beauty of airiness","the beauty of harmonious ","the beauty of void and real". The value make the layout combine of the traditional heritage and the modern value, therefore we should heritage this excellent performance. And apply it to our design of daily life according to the present day.Katsumi Asaba combine the modern design opinion and the traditional "zen",which make the design language simple, the mood fresh clear, the form elegant,putting the east and west traditional beauty and the cultural concept together, while maintain the independent eastern cultural breath.