明末清初耶穌會傳教書籍圖像藝術的宗教美學意含

晚明耶穌會刊刻的傳教書籍圖像，圖文兼具。這些書籍圖像不只是文字的插圖，圖中的文字也不只是圖像的註記，圖文二者也並非各自獨立自主互不相關的單元，而是「文中有像，像中有文」的並置。簡言之，圖像運作於圖、文之間，成為觀者以認知、記憶與意志三司之力朝向神聖界域的通衢。本文從宗教美學的觀點，首先討論晚明傳教書籍中之耶穌會藝術之特質，並論述傳教圖像所隱含的藝術與宗教的跨界域問題，其次從聖像畫的可見之像與不可見之忍，討論中國人對晚明基督宗教圖像的育與見，第三，從利瑪竇的書藉圖像，探討基督宗教圖像、記憶與救贖之間的關係，並據以解析《程氏墨苑》所刊登的四幅基督宗教圖像的宗教美學意含。

關鍵字

基督宗教藝術；圖像；利瑪竇；耶穌會藝術特質；盲與見

並列摘要

his paper aims to study the relation of images and texts iii Jesuit missionary books published in the Late Ming period by exploring the function of images, usually juxtaposed with texts, as a way leading to holiness through human faculties of cognition, memory and desire. First, this paper will examine the aesthetic qualities of so called ”Jesuit arts” in the context of crossing-boundaries, both cultural and artistic. Second, it will discuss the aesthetic problematic of Icons between the visible and the invisible, which is related to the problematic of seeing and blindness, when looking at the religious/Christian paintings, among the Chinese in Late Ming period. Third, this paper will examine the images of Matteo Ricci's books and their cultural meanings, by investigating the relation of memory and redemption, which is implied in the images of Christian art.