“形状”通常所指一个特定物质的形式,也就是当人的眼睛看见一件物体时对它的初步认识,即是指眼睛反应到大脑中的对这件物体的大致轮廓、大小尺寸的初级认识。通过眼睛“观看”事物来实现大脑对物体的初步认知与暗示。本文通过对阿恩海姆“形状”理论的简述,并分别从简化、分离、部分与组合方面阐释了观察单位形状的形式,及形状理论在艺术创作中的实际应用。 “Shape ” usually refers to the form of a specific material, that is, when a human eye sees an object when it comes to a preliminary understanding of it refers to the reaction of the eye to the brain of the general outline of this object, size The primary understanding. Through the eyes “watching ” things to achieve the brain’s initial awareness of the object and implied. In this paper, we briefly introduce Arnheim ’s theory of “shape ” and explain the form of observation unit shape, and the practical application of shape theory in art creation from simplification, separation, part and combination respectively.