1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
tekilochka [14]
3 years ago
8

ESSAY

Arts
1 answer:
Nat2105 [25]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

There is an old question that has entertained the minds of many thinkers who look to art and wonder whether it is a mirror offering a reflection of life itself. Art has the power to evoke the same emotions, thoughts, moral and ethical controversies, and conflicts that we experience in life. Anyone who has had a personal reaction towards a work of art will be in agreement. What is it then about the essence of art and the essence of life that are so unmistakably different? Is it a possibility that art gives humans the opportunity to experience phenomena that are not accessible in quotidian life? Is art merely an imitation of life as Plato once asserted with such conviction, or is art a freestanding sphere in which humans can learn in exceptional ways? Through the deliberation of such questions the artist can perhaps move closer towards understanding his tremendous capacity to illustrate our existence in a distinct and remarkable way.

The Greek philosopher Plato declared the artist to be “an imitator of images and is very far removed from the truth” (Republic X, 27). Plato was certain that art was nothing but a dangerous and shallow imitation of life that served only to draw humans far away from the Truth. This unique concept of ‘Truth’ refers to the idea that the purest existence of any given thing lies not in the physical manifestation of the thing itself, but rather in its invisible and eternal ‘Form’. Let us take an example of a table vs. The Table. Any given table is a table that has been modeled after the eternal form of The Table. Somewhere in an otherworldly domain, alongside all the other eternal forms of the universe, exists the One and Only Table in all its truth, purity, and Tablehood. The carpenter may look towards but not at the Form of the Table (or else the carpenter would be God and at which point probably no longer a carpenter) in order to produce, or ‘mimic’ a lesser yet sufficient model of The Eternal Table. In a similar way the artist can be compared to the carpenter, only deserving of less respect according to Plato. The artist does not look to the Form of Beauty, say, but rather looks to the physical image or projection of Beauty. This removes him even further from Truth than any other ordinary laborer. The artist is in this way an imitator, and art is a ‘mimesis’ or imitation of the visual display of Eternal Forms such as Beauty. Consequently it is Plato’s persuasion that art as a mere impression of life is detrimental to the inner soul and its understanding of righteous Truths.

Explanation:

is this the type of essay you're looking for?

You might be interested in
A cow/calf operator raises calves from birth to
Vlad [161]
The answer to your question is the 4th one
8 0
2 years ago
Which of the following identifies the two main goals of survey research?
Agata [3.3K]

Answer:

d

Explanation:

4 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Given the sharp contrast between Claude Debussy’s Voiles and the German Romantic music of the 19th century
pogonyaev
What is the question here?
7 0
2 years ago
If you wanted to photograph what a flower looks like as it blooms, which one of the following types of photography would you use
zlopas [31]
What are the following types?
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Your classmate Carson is struggling with his drawings. His teacher told him that the separate parts of his artwork aren't really
IceJOKER [234]

Answer:

harmony let him be free and his imagination be wild

Explanation:

4 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • A ___ often introduced a fugue?<br> suite<br> concerto<br> cantata<br> prelude
    5·2 answers
  • Cinderella is an archetype of
    12·2 answers
  • If I were to use gray in a painting, what color would contrast it the most?
    9·2 answers
  • Pigment is the _____
    13·1 answer
  • There were four elements of content listed; please name all four and write one sentence explaining each?
    13·2 answers
  • Which statement about the drawing techniques Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo, and Vincent van Gogh used in artworks are true?
    6·2 answers
  • What is your favorite my hero acadamia character
    9·2 answers
  • A piece of music in the key of B flat major is based on the____
    7·1 answer
  • ng bumalik sa bahay si raden kaslan heneral ni amigo ipinakikita ng mga kamay at pinag lipatan tingin ka na seryoso at fatima​
    7·1 answer
  • Hi wanna talk????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
    11·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!