“美在于形式”的思想及其变化作为重要的范畴,一直是西方美学史与艺术哲学中极为关注的问题。英国艺术批评家贝尔提出“有意味的形式”说。英国哲学家休谟认为“趣味无可争辩”,形式美与艺术间的关系是多元的和不断变化的过程。形式美是人类符号实践的一种特殊形态,是从 The thought of “beauty lies in form” and its changes as important categories have always been a matter of great concern in the western aesthetic history and philosophy of art. British art critic Bell put forward a “meaningful form”. Hume, a British philosopher, believes that “fun is indisputable.” The relationship between formal beauty and art is a pluralistic and ever-changing process. Formal beauty is a special form of human symbol practice, from