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Issue 131
"The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society."
Outline:
Position: agree with reservation
1.the arts function as the way of expression
2.didactic function
3.reveal
The speaker maintains the function of the arts is reflecting the otherwise hidden ideas and impetus of a society. I tend to agree with reservation. As far as I concern, this is one of the function of the arts but not all, therefore to better address the issue, we'd better consider the comparatively thorough functions of the arts.
To begin with, the primary function of the arts, in my view, is to express. Those frescos painted on the wall of caves indicate that people in prehistorical times have use painting as the way to express their happiness and sorrows, ambitions and dreadfulness. Similarly, this is far more evident in contemporary society. Modern arts have more incarnations: painting, music, literature, and film, drama, and so on so forth. They offer artists the best media to express their unique passions and perspectives. For example, painter such as Picasso, Van Gogh and Dali, their either abstract, surrealistic images or splash, vivid contrast between colors serve well to express their deepest inner feelings and their vision of the world. In short, from the primitive time to modern society, the arts serve as tools for people to express their feelings.
Further, another function of the arts is enlightening: they present us with perceptives of the universe, in turn to teach us. Consider two different types arts—literature and film. Shakespeare's Macbeth brought inordinate ambition into focus that instructs us to think in depth; Spielberg’s Schindler’s list calls our attention to the relationship between moral criteria and obedience of laws. In spite of the difference of their forms, both genres induct us to think for ourselves—while we see these characters in plays, we see the representatives of our activities, characteristics, moral dilemma and so on; when we watch the plots, we see our fates and real lives—all of which upset our thoughts pursuing the meaning of moral, humanity and so forth.
Finally, as the speaker says, the arts reveal the otherwise ideas and impulse of a society. Examples can be seen in diverse art forms. For instance, in the music realm, the black music which is now popular throughout the world, it prototype is those song that only be sang among the 19th century's black slaves. In those prior types of songs indicate the willingness of anti-slavery—a prohibited social impetus during that time. It is true in the painting realm as well. Taking Picasso as an illustration again. One of the famous Picasso's pictures the Dove was drawn in 1930s in which period was Spanish Civil War. In this distinguished picture, Picasso use his brush as his weapon fight for the war. Therefore his artistic work represents the enthusiasm of anti-war of many people who suffered the war at his time.
To sum up, I agree with the speaker that the arts do mirror the otherwise hidden spirits and impetus of a society. While it is part-and-parcel of the functions of the arts, the arts provide broader meanings aside from reflection—they offer the expressionism, didacticism as well as echo.
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