翟宗祝教授编著的西方美术史丛书《蓝色画廊》近日由江苏美术出版社出版。这是一套系列丛书,共五册,第一册的第一页便是著名学者余秋雨先生写的序言。余文中这样说:“听到‘蓝色画廊’这个标题,已有一些日子,我觉得它很美丽,但不解其义,而不解其义的美丽是最容易记住的。后来终于知道,这是江苏美术出版社出的一套讲述欧洲美术史的系列丛书,由翟宗祝先生编写,蓝色,是指欧洲人的眼睛。美术是视觉艺术,从创作者到欣赏者,都需要由眼睛来逼视。几千年来无数双蓝色的眼睛逼视出了一条漫长的走廊,在人类文化的盘陀阵中,这条蓝光荧荧的走廊无疑是其中极重要的一条文明通道。” 余秋雨先生说的一点也不错,这是一本总结“蓝眼睛”的智慧和创造的著作,作者翟宗祝教授在该书卷首语中这样写到: Professor Zhai Zongzhu edited series of western art history “Blue Gallery” recently published by Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House. This is a series of books, a total of five volumes, the first page of the first book is a preface by the famous scholar Yu Qiuyu. Yu Wenzhong said: “I heard the title of ’blue gallery’ for some days, I think it is very beautiful, but do not understand the meaning, but do not understand the meaning of the beautiful is the easiest to remember later was finally aware that this is Jiangsu Art Publishing House set out a series of books about the history of European art series, written by Mr. Zhai Zong, blue, refers to the eyes of Europeans. Art is the visual arts, from creators to appreciators, need to be forced by the eyes. Countless pairs of blue eyes over the millennia have forced a long corridor to emerge. In the culture of Panchiao, this blue corridor is undoubtedly one of the most important civilizations. ”Mr. Yu Qiuyu said that it was not too bad. This is a summary of “blue eyes” wisdom and creation of the book, author Zhai Zong Zhu in the book the first volume wrote: