在中国工艺美术历史和理论领域,田自秉先生是一位开拓者。他的学术思想总体上可以分为三个阶段:工艺美术技术理论时期、工艺美术历史构建时期、工艺美术思想成熟时期,这三个学术思想阶段既有相对清晰的时间分区性,在本质上又一脉相承、互为联系、密不可分。先生每一个时期的学术思想都具有超乎人们想象的前瞻性和宏观性,他的学术成果对整个中国工艺美术历史和理论体系的建立都产生了根本影响。 In the history of Chinese arts and crafts and theory, Tian Zhibing is a pioneer. His academic thinking can be divided into three stages as a whole: the period of art and technology theory, the history of arts and crafts, the age of art and craft maturation, the three stages of academic thought have relatively clear time zoning, in essence, The same strain, mutual contact, inseparable. His academic thoughts in every period have a forward-looking and macroscopic view beyond the imagination of the people. His academic achievements have exerted a fundamental influence on the establishment of the whole history and theoretical system of Chinese arts and crafts.