从古到今,在我们人类产生了成千上万的艺术家,在他们中间,又产生了许多艺术大师、巨匠。此外,被艺术史遗忘了的艺人、工匠,更是不计其数。一部艺术史的主干,就是艺术家们的活动构成的。当我们面对这部艺术史时,有一个问题常使人迷惑不解:为什么有些人成了艺术:大师?有些人成了艺术家?他们在构成上有什么规律可找?每个艺术家都是活生生的个体,他(她)们的构成自然不象一架机器、一座建筑物那样简单,甚至也不象他(她)们的作品那样可以通过鉴赏、分析、批评来把握。但是,我认为,艺 Thousands of artists have been created in our humankind since ancient times, among whom many artists and masters have been created. In addition, artists and artisans who were forgotten by the history of the arts are even more numerous. The backbone of an art history is the activity of the artists. When we face this art history, one question often puzzled us: Why do some people become art: masters? Some become artists? What are their constitutional rules? Every artist is Living creatures are naturally not as simple as a machine or a building, nor are they even able to grasp it through appreciation, analysis and criticism as his or her works do. But, I think, art