丹纳在其《艺术哲学》中以系统研究方法提出影响艺术产生、发展的“种族、时代、环境”三要素说。他以欧洲文艺复兴时期不同的绘画流派、雕塑风格为依据对这些理论进行极为细致的阐释、论证,在不同地域、不同时空的文学艺术中产生了重大意义。艺术是一个有机的系统,系统中每个部分的变化都会影响达到艺术的理想。 In his “philosophy of art”, Dana put forward the three elements of “race, age and environment” that affect the production and development of art by means of systematic research. Based on the different painting schools and sculptural styles in European Renaissance period, he elaborates on these theories in a very detailed way. Argumentations have great significance in the literature and art in different regions and different time and space. Art is an organic system, and every change in the system affects the ideal of art.