美术是一种社会现象,是一种社会事物。美术作品作为美术的物态表现形式,体现了一个民族团体或个人在某一具体历史时期的内心情感。因此,美术作品能够构成历史,再现历史和表现历史。题材是美术作品的构成因素,题材的选择和其所蕴含的意义构成了艺术家作品内容更深刻的方面——主题的阐述。历史绘画在西方艺术史上占有极其重要的地位。 Art is a social phenomenon, a social thing. As a form of physical representation of art, fine art reflects the inner feelings of a national group or individual in a specific historical period. Therefore, the artwork can constitute history, reproduce history and show history. The theme is the composition of the art work. The selection of the theme and the meaning it contains constitute the more profound aspects of the artist’s work - the elaboration of the theme. Historical painting occupies an extremely important position in the history of Western art.