“张力”是阿恩海姆视知觉理论的核心概念之一,也是《艺术与视知觉》一书中的关键词。他认为知觉是艺术思维的基础,并由此提出了张力说,认为力的结构是艺术表现的基础,并在书中对张力的来源与张力在艺术作品中该何表现提出了自己的认识与观点。本文解读了阿恩海姆的张力说在视觉艺术中的作用,并结合实例对艺术作品中存在的张力进行了分析。 “Tension ” is one of the core concepts of visual perception theory of Arnheim and is also the key word in the book Art and Vision Perception. He believes that perception is the basis of artistic thinking, and thus put forward the tension that the structure of power is the basis of artistic expression, and in the book on the source of tension and tension in the works of what performance put forward their own understanding and View. This article explains the role of Arnheim’s tension in visual arts and analyzes the tensions existing in the works of art based on examples.