issue218 In order for any work of art-whether film, literarure...

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218.In order for any work of art- whether film, literature, sculpture or a song to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.（560/50”）

简要提纲：
1.        否定原题+提出观点：评判标准不是多数人是否看的懂而是作品是否表达了特定团体或作者（们）的想法-即艺术的价值在于表达
2.首先：艺术是社会的产物，好作品应该是能够体现社会价值观和社会变迁的作品：自由女神、gone with the wind
3.其次：艺术是特定阶层的产物，好作品应该是表达了本阶层意志或为本阶层服务，而不在于其他阶层的人是否看懂或欣赏 例子：经典音乐和民间乐
4.最后：艺术是个人的作品，好作品就是能准确反映作者感情的作品，而不在于大多数人是否明白。例子：凡高的向日葵、蓬皮杜的“涂鸦”画展
5.        重申观点

To evaluate a piece of art, we must first clarify what the original purpose or function of art is. Art, unlike many people think is to entertain the audience, is fundamentally nothing but a way to express the feelings, moods and attitudes of certain groups. Any derived values are just byproducts. In this sense, whether the work accurately, effectively, and aesthetically embodies the producer’s minds should be the most important, if not the unique, criterion to judge any work of art.

In the first place, art is born from society and a good piece of art should naturally reflect the natures, status, values and the trends of it. Why we consider the Statue of Liberty a great work? Its extraordinary size, attractive look and elaborate use of sculpting technique, which are the aspects that most people can understand, may be an answer. But what really counts is its symbolic meaning of the nation’s spirit, that is democracy and freedom. Take another example, the American novel Gone with the wind, written by Margaret Mitchell, has gained much fame throughout the world for generations, not because it caters to most people’s taste, but because it vividly recollects the history of the American Civil War.

In the second place, art is the product of different social classes and a good work must serve them respectively in the artistic way. That, from a perspective, explains how we divide art works into the classics and the popular songs or folk songs. Broadmindedly to say, classic music, for example, means more to the higher level of the society- the politicians, the rich, intelligent elites than to the ordinary civilians. By the same token, we cannot deny the value of the Chantey of Volga, which was extremely popular among Russian laborers in the 1750s, because it cannot be understood and appreciated by the upper class.

Last but not the least, any work of art is ultimately produced by individuals thus a good work must express what the producers want and think. At the first glance at one of Vangul’s labeled master pieces, the Sunflower, few people can truly understand why this weird genius presented us such a drab and flabby plant and in such an unusual way of using colors. But when adding his personal experience into account, we, without an exception, will surprisedly find out watching the work, we as if see the confused and despond painter himself. Another example is the “out-of-mind” exhibitions held in the Pompidou Center each year in Paris. The center only exhibit the works of the most pioneer artists whose works are doodles in most people’s eyes. However the works do merit and the exhibitions are among the representative artistic activities of the city. The reason is that despite the obscurity of the works, they convey some important messages from the pioneer artists-their attempt to find new possibilities in the art field.

In sum, countless examples reveal us that whether or not a work of art is understandable to most people is not a decisive factor to a valuable work. The key point lies in how the work expresses the maker’s opinion. It is not the understanding and appreciation from the audience but the minds and ideas of the producers behind the work that make an art art.

凡高也写错了。。。

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