根雕作为一门造型艺术,它的审美特征是什么?或者说,根雕艺术应有怎样的艺术品格?这是任何从事根雕艺术的匠师们不能不思考的问题。分别荣获“中国根雕优秀作品博览会”第三届金牌的竹根雕《眷恋》(张德和作)和第四届金牌奖的树根雕《寒江独钓》(高公博作),在这方面给予我们以很多的启示。凡是艺术都有它们的共性,任何门类艺术也都有它的与众不同的特性。鲁迅先生早年论及美术时,曾提出“天物、思理、美化”三原则。我觉得这三原则至今仍有其现实意义,甚至可以用来指导我们的根艺创作。照我个人的看法,这三个原则用在根艺上,“天物”是指艺术家要善于发现和利用自然的 What is the aesthetic characteristic of root carving as a kind of plastic arts? Or, what kind of artistic character should the root carving art have? This is a question that any artisan engaged in the art of root carving can not but think. Respectively, won the “China Gendiao Excellent Works Expo ” the third gold medal Zhu Gendiao “attachment” (Zhang Dehe made) and the fourth gold medal of the tree root sculpture “fishing alone” (Gao Gong Bo), in this Aspects give us a lot of inspiration. All arts have their commonality, and any kind of art also has its own unique characteristics. When Lu Xun talked about art in his early years, he proposed the three principles of “property, thinking and beautification.” I think these three principles still have their practical significance so far and can even be used to guide our Genyi creation. According to my personal opinion, these three principles are used in the root art, “heavenly objects” means that artists should be good at discovering and using nature