Research On Arnheim’s Aesthetic Thought Of "Force" And "Balance"

Rudolf Arnheim is a famous esthetician and art psychologist in the 20 th century.He inherited and carried forward the ideas of the Gestalt School of Psychology,and applied psychology in the analysis of works of art to become Gestalt Psychology.The master of aesthetics.He continued the method of studying aesthetic phenomena and artistic psychology through experimental psychology in Gestalt psychology,and perfectly combined modern scientific theory and aesthetic art research,and became a representative figure in psychological aesthetics research.During his lifetime academic research career,he has involved many aspects such as aesthetic intuition,art psychology,art education,architectural art,and film art research.As a witness to the development of art throughout the 20 th century,Arnheim ’s thought is undoubtedly a summary and generality of art thought in this century.Arnheim ’s creativity ideas such as “visual perception” and “visual thinking” let people Rediscovered art,and realized the importance of vision.As a representative work of Arnheim,"Art and Visual Perception" is an important work expressing his aesthetic and artistic psychological theory.Therefore,this article will combine the newly revised edition of "Art and Visual Perception" as the research basis,and combine with other Arnheim books to give a new interpretation of Arnheim’s "force" and "balance" aesthetic ideas.The theory of "force" is the main theory of Arnheim,the idea of "balance" is also the focus of visual perception theory,especially the revision of the concept of "force" and the discussion on the relationship between "force" and "balance".Therefore,this article will make an in-depth analysis of the problems between the theory of "force" and "balance" and artistic aesthetic activities.This paper will start from the theory of "force" and "balance" to explore arnheim’s aesthetic analysis of art works.It is hoped that this topic can be taken a step further studied in arnheim’s aesthetic thought.This article is mainly divided into four parts to explore the aesthetic ideas of "force" and "balance" in Arnheim’s visual perception.The first part is to introduce the concept and nature of "force" in Arnheim’s aesthetic thoughts,explain why "force" is the core of Arnheim’s aesthetic thought and the aesthetic basis of "force",and explore Arnheim’s how he proposed such a different concept of "force";The second part is to explain the concept and nature of "balance" and its two major influencing factors,and to sort out the theoretical foundations supporting Arnheim’s "balance" thought,and analyze the importance of "balance" in his thought;The third part explores the aesthetic psychology of "force" and "balance" in artistic activities,discusses how they constitute a unique aesthetic psychology of confrontation and unification in artistic activities,and explores the influence of their aesthetic psychology on aesthetic activities;The fourth part is to study the role and importance of "force" and "balance" in aesthetic activities,and discuss how the visual style of "force" and "balance" demonstrates the content and meaning of art,and ultimately contribute to the production of beauty.Finally,the conclusion summarizes arnheim’s aesthetic thoughts of "force" and "balance",and analyzes its aesthetic value and significance as well as its limitations.