古代有许多艺术论著,现已失传。但是我们今天可以通过其它科学(特别是雄辩术和哲学)论著的引文了解这些著作。在这类论著中,一些应用“插叙”(L’ekphrasis)手法的文章,特别是老普林尼对这些文章的诠解,把美当作比较概念来使用。现存的唯一的一本古代艺术史,就是老普林尼所著。它可能 There are many ancient art works, now lost. But today we can understand these works through quotations from other sciences, especially eloquence and philosophy. In these treatises, some articles that use the technique of L’ekphrasis, especially Old Pliny’s interpretation of these articles, use beauty as a comparative concept. The only existing history of ancient art is by Old Pliny. It is possible