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It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value.
*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
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Artists, whose works are always full of profound meanings or sometimes ultramodern, give society something of lasting value. Their creativity and imagination enrich people's minds and also provide people with relaxation. However, the critics' estimation to artistic works should not be ignored, although nearly none of them are remembered by public or offspring. People should take a critical opinion to artists and critics.
Admittedly, the mainly reason why artists are more likely to be regarded giving society lasting valuable things, while critics are always forgotten, is that it is the works of artists that impress people but not the critics’ comments. Since the meaningful works are displays of creators, people tend to pay more attention to the works themselves. For example, Mona Lisa Smile is a beautiful work, filled with Vinci's affection. On earth the woman whom Vinci painted is not important; it will not diminish people's preference to this painting. And also it is the same as the music of Beethoven. His works strongly attract many classical music fans, and people are shocked by his persistence to life after listening to his symphony-Fortune.
However, it is unfair to assert that critics are not as important as artists. Just as the relationship between football players and referees in a football game, players are much easier than referees, who keep the game going along smoothly and more exciting, to be remembered. Therefore, critics’ comments always have significance for the artists’ producing, although their functions are covered by brilliant of artists. Many kinds of movie prizes are good cases in point. Nearly every film maker wants to win Academy Award, which is a positive affirmation to their works; some even are regarded as the makers’ painstaking works. The increasing attention to Academy Awards, as well as other prizes, implies that arts could embody their value through comparison and criticism. Thus, Critics could both attract public attention to some valuable works and to some extent promote artists make progress.
Furthermore, albeit great works by artists are themselves of lasting value, without proper evaluation from critics, they may never be recognized and appreciated by subsequent people . Think about Van Gogh, an impressionist left us great works but died in unknown. If critics after his time still did not find his greatness, the works may be forgotten by history and the impressionism would not prevail forever. Considering this point, critics who find these artists' greatness DO make lasting value, which cannot be forgotten, though such values don't have physical forms, such as paintings, novels, etc by artists. What's more, it is impossible for people to distinguish when the value of a piece of work is affirmed, in the past or in modern times. If it is not admitted by the contemporaries but critics in the past, is it apt to neglect the lasting value of critics? Actually, when people are enjoying a beautiful work of artists, they tend to forget who make these works’ greatness found.
To sum up, indeed it is the artist who leaves valuable works to the society, and thus they always stay in people's heart. Yet, it is improper to neglect critics' advice and comments to art works, as well as people’s opinion for arts' spreading. Besides, what critics do is sometimes so great that their effect is indeed of lasting value. Therefore, both the artists and critics contribute to the development of arts and artists are not unique for transmitting lasting valuable things. |
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