艺术的产生、存在和发展伴随着整个社会的脚步,经历了漫长的岁月,其功能作用和内涵日益扩大并广为人知。本文拟就艺术作品和艺术美的智育功能进行探索以期人们对艺术美给予更多的关注。功能之一——直接提供自然科学知识人们常常把人认识客观事物的多少,并运用知识来解决实际问题能力的高低作为衡量智力的标准。不懂自然科学知识,其智力必然低下,要提高智力,理解大量的自然科技客观真理,艺术作品虽不能作为源泉,却可像汩汩清流永远沁入人们的心田。如久经传诵的古代诗歌《诗经》对天文、气候、地理、动植物生长发育规律就描写生动、准确、真实。汉以后,儒家就把《诗经》尊为经典,而在那时以前的春秋时期,孔子教育他的学生学习《诗经》时,不仅要注意 The emergence, development, and development of art have come a long way with the progress of the whole society. Its function, function and connotation have become increasingly widespread and widely known. This article intends to explore the intellectual function of art works and art aesthetics so that people pay more attention to art aesthetics. One of the functions - to provide direct knowledge of the natural sciences People often think of the number of objective things, and the use of knowledge to solve practical problems as a measure of the level of intelligence standards. If we do not understand the knowledge of natural science, we must inevitably have low intelligence. We must improve our intelligence and understand a large number of objective truths in science and technology. Although the work of art can not serve as a source of inspiration, we can feel as if we are forever immersed in people’s hearts. For example, the ancient Book of Songs, an ancient poem that has long been chanted, vividly describes the law of astronomy, climate, geography, growth and development of animals and plants vividly, accurately and truthfully. After the Han Dynasty, Confucianism regarded the Book of Songs as a classic, and at the time of the Spring and Autumn Period before that time, Confucius educated his students not only to pay attention