艺术作品的第三个层次是艺术意蕴，这是艺术作品的最高层次，也是一个艺术家终生为之奋斗的目标：艺术意蕴是指艺术作品中蕴含着的深层的人生哲理、诗情画意或精神内涵。它是艺术家对艺术形象、艺术典型或意境的深刻领悟和创造的结果。
Works of art the third level is the Meaning of Art, which is the highest level of works of art, the artist is also a lifelong struggle goals: Implications of art is in the works of art contains a deep philosophy of life, poetic or spiritual connotation。 It is the artistic image of artists, art or typical mood of profound understanding and create the results。
黑格尔在《美学》中认为：“意蕴总是比直接显现的形象更为深远的一种东西。艺术作品应该具有意蕴”(见《美学》第一卷25页)。艺术意蕴也就是唐代诗论家司空图提出的“象外之象、”“景外之景”、“韵外之致”、“味外之旨”，也就是比艺术形象本身更加深广隽永的精神内涵，这种内涵蕴藏在艺术形象之内，只有凭借欣赏者的细心体察、玩味、感悟、领会，才能真正认识知押解例如：徐悲鸿在抗日战争期间画的《风雨鸡鸣》除了娴熟的笔墨和生动、准确、优美的艺术形象外，还有着深刻的艺术意蕴，  当时正值日寇铁蹄践踏神州大地、中华民族处在水深火热之中，徐悲鸿画了一个挺胸昂首，站在石头上引吭高鸣的大公呜。来激发人们奋起抗日、还我江山的勇气和决心，表现了徐悲鸿强烈的爱国主丈情怀和民族的自信心。艺术意蕴要求艺术家在有限中体现出无限，在偶然中蕴藏必然，在个别中包含普遍，艺术意蕴可以看作是内容与形式的统一、感性与理性的统一、客观与主观的统一、再现与表现的统一、具象与抽象的统一、形象与哲理的统一。
Hegel in the "aesthetic": "The implication is always direct than the image appear even more far-reaching thing. Implication of works of art should be" (see "aesthetic" vol 25). Meaning of Art is the Tang Dynasty Poems home Sikong Tu's "image, the image," "scenic landscape," and "flavor of the spirits" and "fun to be outside the meaning of the expression", that is, than the artistic image of itself more deeply Meaningful The spiritual connotation, which contains the artistic content of the image, only to enjoy by virtue of the carefully observe, pondering, sentiment and understanding, can we truly understand that Escort, for example: beihong-xu painting during the War of Resistance Against Japan in the "wind and rain chicken is" in addition Skilful pen and ink and vivid, accurate and beautiful image of the art, there is a profound implication of art, at the time when the Japanese invaders cruel trampling on China , The Chinese nation is in dire straits, beihong-xu painting a chest raised his head station The rocks on the rise sing the Emirates Ming. To stimulate the people rose up against Japanese aggression, I Jiangshan the courage and determination shown beihong-xu main Zhang strong patriotic sentiments and national self-confidence. Meaning of Art artists in the limited requirements embodied in the unlimited, natural reserves in the accident, in individual included in general, art Implication of the content and can be seen as a form of unity, the unity of emotional and rational, objective and subjective reunification, reproduction and performance The unity of the abstract and as a unity, the unity of image and philosophy.
艺术意蕴具有多义性和模糊性的特点，既是具体的确定的，又是不确定的。艺术意蕴可以看作不完全是由艺术形象体现出来的主题思想，它比主题思想更宽泛更深刻，它是一种更加形而上的东西，它是一种哲理和诗情，常常是只可意会，难以言传，只可接近它，无法穷尽它，即“此中有真意，欲辩已忘言”。艺术意蕴需要欣赏者用自己的全部心灵和才智去探究和领悟，是艺术作个层次的完美结合，才形成了传世名作。品具有不朽的艺术魅力的根本原因。具有远见卓识的艺术家，不能满足于艺术语言和艺术形象的探求和创造，还应更上一层楼，追求和创造具有深刻艺术意蕴的作品。
Meaning of Art has more meaning and ambiguity of the characteristics of both the identification of specific, is also uncertain。 Meaning of art can be regarded as not entirely reflected by the artistic image of the theme of thinking, thinking of it than the more general theme of even more profound, it is a more metaphysical things, it is a philosophical and poetic, often can only Tacit , Yan Zhuan difficult, it only accessible, it can not come to an end, that is, "herein are Zhenyi, to have been forgotten were made by the defence。" Implications of the need to appreciate the arts with all its soul and intellect to explore and understand, is art for the perfect combination of level, it formed a works handed down。 Goods with the enduring charm of the root causes of the arts。 The visionary artist, can not be satisfied with language arts and the arts explore and create the image, but also a higher level, and the pursuit of artistic creation has a profound implication of the works。
著名的美术史家郑午昌说过：“综观中西绘画，而寻其演进之次序，可分为四程，第一程漫涂，第二程形似，第三程工巧，第四程神化。”有一点需要指出：在艺术作品的层次构成中，任何一个作品都必须具有前两个层次，但又不能停留在前二个层次上(即艺术语言和艺术形象)，而应该尽可能地追求第三个层次，即艺术意蕴。作为最高层次的艺术意蕴，并不是每一件艺术作品都必须具有的，某些偏重于娱乐性、功利性或纪念性的作品，常常不存在这一层次，或者说，难以达到第三个层次，但是，从总体而言，正是这些艺术作品中的这三个层次具有相对独立的意义，其中，每一层次都有自身的审美价值，有的艺术作品或许只有其中某一层次比较突出，或者有独创的艺术语言，或者有感人的艺术形象，或者有而十人寻味的艺术意蕴。但是，真正优秀的艺术作品，总是在这三个方面都卓有成就，并且将这三个层次完美融合为一个整体，只有这样的作品，才能成为传世不朽的艺术精品。（凡高的画为什么开创了世界独幅绘画的最高售价?凡高为什么成为后期印象派的三大巨匠之一? 后期印象派摒弃了自然的形，摆脱了“正常”、“有逻辑”的羁缚，发展成张扬个性的现代艺术。凡高艺术作品的最大特色是对炽热情感的表现，他作品中的情感像“火山的爆发”一样，无比热烈奔放、震撼心灵，在这一点上，以前的画家，没有一个画家可以和他相比，正因为如此，他才永载史册，成为一代风范，也正因为如此，他的作品才开创了世界之最高售价。从许多成功画家的成功奥秘中不难得出一个结论：画画，不能只画真实，也不能停留在再现上，一定要画出自己的情感，这是画家成功的秘诀之一。）
Well-known art historian Kenneth Cheng-chang said: "Looking at the Central and Western painting, and found the order of their evolution, can be divided into four-way, the first Tu-Man, the shape of second-and third-Gongqiao, the fourth-deification。" One thing It must be pointed out: the level of works of art in the form of, any works must have the first two levels, but can not remain at two levels (that is, language arts and artistic image), but should try to seek a third Level, that is, Meaning of Art。 As the highest level of artistic implication, not every one works of art must have a certain emphasis on entertainment, utilitarian or commemorative works, often non-existent this level, or that difficult to achieve the third Level, but, generally speaking, it is these works of art in these three levels are relatively independent significance, which, each level has its own aesthetic value, and some works of art which may be only a certain level of outstanding , Or a unique artistic language, or a moving image of the art, or a 10 Xunwei and the Meaning of Art。 However, the truly outstanding works of art, always in these three areas are renowned for their achievements, and a perfect fusion of these three levels as a whole, the only way the works, in order to become immortal handed down the fine arts。 (Van Gogh's painting Why create the world alone paintings at the highest ?Van Gogh post-impressionist Why become one of the great masters of the three? late Impressionist abandon the natural shape, emerging from a "normal" and "logical" Ji Lashing, into the modern art publicized personality。 Van Gogh's greatest works of art with the intense emotion of the performance, he works like the emotional "The outbreak of the volcano", very warm unrestrained, shocked souls, on this point, before The painter, not a painter, and he can be compared, and that is why he is forever in the annals of history, a generation demeanor, is precisely because of this, his works before creating the world's highest price。 Painter from the success of many successful mystery It is not difficult to draw a conclusion in: drawing, painting not only true, we can not stay in reproduction, must draw their own feelings, this is one of the secrets of successful artists。)