Abstract

"Clear" as the United States in the form of one of the three elements, with the "whole one" and "ratio" and listed in the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas plays an important role. "Clarity" is the only of these three elements and "light" and "color" related elements, and the "light" and "color" is an important Western painting in the presentation. Benpian thesis that is specific to Thomas Aquinas's "clear" concept to make a detailed full management and crawl, and the control of Western painting's development qualification process, so as the aesthetic concept of the "clear" and the actual artistic domain to conduct dialogue. Thomas Aquinas on the "clear" meaning The arguments made ​​above, can be, respectively, from the "clear" the clear physical meaning and the form of two perspectives on the significance of speaking out. In the "clear" the physical sense, the St. Thomas Aquinas clearly describes: "The beauty in the things called where there is a bright color." That on the "clear "meaning the most superficial sense, is the Middle Ages people associated with the cultural tastes. Rise of the religious painting was in fact also the physical meaning of the specific performance of the medieval artists of unauthorized use of vivid colors and solid colors and strong lines clear picture of their future purchase, creating a bright Hui Lai's the effect. However, from the Renaissance concept of the future work, this for the "light" and "color" on the physical interpretation is insufficient to use In order to gradually. We must return to the "clear" the metaphysical meaning to Renaissance instructions after this change. In the "clear" the metaphysical implications, the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas In order that the first "clear" implied a "can understand the nature of" this "can understand the nature of" is "a form of communication can be the basis of sex, it is with someone on a matter relevant to look at and see when it is a reality. that belongs to every form of reasonableness is the "light", a way to demonstrate its own aesthetic subject "light". " so "clear" In order to put up on this subject and aesthetic aesthetic bridge between subject and object, and this on the "clear" the metaphysical significance of not being open simultaneously In order to one kind of cultural framework specific time limited the meaning of the United States , so that the "clear" as works of their own light, it means their own, that own, that is sometimes convenient to express this show on the screen is dim, dark, or obscure , but it is still to be in a "knowing eyes", the show a part of works of their own, the true glory. 'Clarity' as one of the formal conditions of beauty, alone with 'integrity' and 'proportion,' plays an important role in the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas. It is also the only element from the three conditions that is concerned with 'light' and 'color'-the key to western painting. This essay attempts to investigate and dig into the meaning of' clarity ', and at the same time create the possibility of a dialectic between this aesthetic concept and works of art, by contrasting it to the development of western painting. The meaning of 'clarity' for Thomas Aquinas can be illustrated in two aspects: the physical and the metaphysical. Regarding the physical aspect, Thomas Aquinas' famous quotation - "... 'brightness' or' clarity, 'whence things are called beautiful which have a bright color. "-has shown us the surface meaning of 'clarity'. This kind of depiction of 'clarity' is actually related tightly to the whole of medieval cultural taste. In fact, it can be said that the highly developed religious painting of the time is the concrete realization of this physical meaning: medieval artists were excellent at using bright primary colors and distinct stable outlines to present their work, resulting in the brilliant effect of splendor on the canvas. However, the physical aspect of 'clarity' gradually falls short when explaining painting after the Renaissance. We have to go back to the metaphysical meaning of 'clarity' to interpret those changes. Regarding the metaphysical, the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas has declared that 'clarity' contains 'intelligibility', meaning that, "Clarity is the fundamental communicability of form, which is actual in relation to someone's looking at or seeing of the object. The rationality that belongs to every form is the 'light', which manifests itself to aesthetic seeing. " Hence, the concept 'clarity' builds up the bridge between the aesthetic subject and the object, and meanwhile it surpasses a limited definition of beauty in a specific space and time . Therefore, 'clarity' is as the 'light' of art works themselves, which delight in themselves, express themselves and declare themselves. In this way, we can finally understand why even an 'obscure' or 'dim' presentation in a painting can be appreciated under a 'knowing eye', which recognizes a real resplendence belonging to the work itself