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本帖最后由 Amber-cat 于 2011-3-8 17:29 编辑
144."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.
As the author said, in fact, the artists always give society their some beautiful paintings, deep writing articles, the complex movies with some enlightened wisdom and so on, which bring up something of lasting value to public. But I don’t disagree the indication from the author that the critic have no their own lasting meaning to society.
Indeed, in the long history, the artist offer valuable heritage, not only physical works of art such as numerous paintings or sculptures, but also the spirit wealth such as novels, music or movies. One striking example of the famous painting illustrates the lasting value of artwork. In the Les Nymphéas , we can enjoy the beauty of the nature from the Monet’s ethereal descreptions of water lilies. Even in the latest America, there was a stirring of interest in Monet’s style. Yet, we also pay our attention to his first well-know painting, which arouse controversy to the conventional form of painting. A critic called the painting ‘Impression, soleilevant’ as satire irony, and maybe the critic himself could not image that the painting would be a turning point in the art history. It seems that the speaker’s assertion that the critic can not offer the real value to public is reasonable.
In fact that there are not few critics misunderstanding the work of artist, however, we couldn’t ignore the importance of the critic group in the art area, especially in the modern society. Above all, the critic can play a concernful role of as a sieve. A serious writing critic could help the readers make a right choice from shelves of books by offering some highly recommendable ones. The same situation also happens on the painting field. If an critic of art with an insight will stage an exhibition, he should make an issue at first and choose some paintings around the issue, that is to say, the choice of critic is more pointed and the appreciator could effectively understanding and enjoy the theme of paintings.
Besides, an experienced critic is able to offer the rational suggestion to help the painter improve their pictorial skill as well as higher mental level. In China, the contemporary critic Chen shizeng, after seeing of Qi baishi’s manual painting, demanded Baishi to change his style of painting, otherwise there might not be the reform of old age of Qi baishi and we could not see such exciting Chinese painting.
In conclusion, if there were no artists, there would not be works of art that critic can illustrate to public. But if there were no critic, some magnificent works might still be too often ploughed under and not few painters will not know their limitation. |
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