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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.
艺术家而不是评论家带给了社会一些具有持久价值的东西。
*评论家指的是评价艺术作品的人,例如小说、电影、绘画等。
其实我的观点只有一个,就是无论评论家是蔑视还是赞扬一个作品,本质上是作品本身给社会和观众带来lasting value
Artists and critics are highly interdependent--the value of the work of artists is evaluated by critics, more precisely, the significance of artists themselves are determined by contemporary critics. But take a look at all those masterpieces today, a large scale of them are dismissed by the critics of their times. The names of the great masters and the works they left behind are still glaring in the museum, what about critics and their clichés? They are only written in water.
In the first place, most importantly, the term "lasting value" indicates that every audience can savor the art work over and over and reveal some deeper meaning and inspiration each time they review it. Only in that sense can a piece of art gave really profound and renewable impact to the society--the lasting value. The comment of critics could never do that.
我也觉得关于term defination的放在第一段比较好
Then looking from the perspective of respective career goal, artist and critic are very different occupation, thus contributing differently to the development of art and the society as a whole. Artists are devoted to present works which is of lasting value and could stand the test of the people and the time, this is the meaning of their career, while critics are expected to find some sparkles in the works of artists so that they can be appreciated by more population and have greater influence on later arts. Despite the fact that the comment critics gave about certain piece of work may be crucial to the social success and popularity of it, and that critics can help artistic laymen to appreciate art works, essentially it is the works themselves and the symbolic meaning inside of them that are appreciated by the audience, not the comment of the critics.
Besides, the tastes of critics may be diverse and inconsistent due to different cultural, educational, religious and academic background of the critics; neither can they represent the taste of the massive people. This explains why many great works were depreciated by contemporary critics but favored by the next generation, even till now. The famous Vincent Van Gogh never sold a piece of his paintings; his name was not even mentioned at the salons in Paris where critics had chats because their noble tastes belittle Van Gogh as a rustic dauber. But the passionate sunflowers and starry nights strike every spectator into their hearts, and the price of his painting went record high. This example demonstrated that critics are not always reliable and clairvoyant. Arrogant aristocrats as they often are, they may fail to sense the preference of the majority and the future trend of arts. Their comments are based on their own emotion and experience and are very personal.
In sum, although it is hard to deny the fact that critics play an important role in discovering new arts and helping ordinary people to appreciate them, critics are neither meant to giving "lasting value"—they just help artists in that process, nor can they leave a lasting impression in the audiences' hearts. On the contrary, the meaning of the artists' career and their works are truly something that can inspire people for a very long time, they are the true elements of impacts.
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