试论芜湖铁画的审美取向

摘要

Iron pictures inheriting our traditional skill of forging with low carbon steel have existed for more than three hundred years and are still shining with their dazzling brilliance and filling people with admiration. How to interpret iron picture art and gain nourishment is worth our study. Guided by the methods of ethnology, we visited the iron picture markets in Wuhu and Anhui Museum for research several times. This article provides a detailed introduction from its origin, its forging skill, its characteristic and the way of appreciating beauty, which shows us the beauty of imagination and the beauty of the material and at the same time offers us access to understand its soul --- the charm of its superior hand-forging technology. Not only has iron picture made our life colorful, but also it has improved our soul. The article offers the summary from researching and analyzing, which tells us how to do creative development and personnel training.%芜湖铁画，延续三百多年，至今依然光彩照人，令人赞美。研究芜湖铁画的源流、锻制技艺、艺术属性、审美取向，从中梳理出铁画艺术审美取向中的材质美、意象美、意境美，加强对芜湖铁画的认识、理解，提炼芜湖铁画的文化内涵，对我国铁画今后的创新发展、人才培养、受众审美等方面等进行概要的分析和探究。