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144"It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."
The speaker asserts that human beings benefit more from artist for lasting value of something rather than critic. I concede that masterpieces of artist really reveal the hidden society and enrich human life, however, it is necessary to realize the significant role of critic in the field of art; moreover the cooperation of artist and critic might give society real cultural value.
Obviously, artists create a brilliant society which is full of strength, spirit and energy; on the contrary, they also reveal a hidden community with desire and resistance. By appreciating those masterpieces, people understand the history, the true face of society, and the emotion of artists what can enrich human life. For example, films-"The Shawshank Redemption" and "Forest Gump" -help audiences learn the value of hope, persistent and courage-all of these are basic abilities of survival. In addition, in the life of Michelangelo, he created various works, such architectures, sculptures and painters and all of those expressed citizens' desire of peace and democracy by which replay the history of past time and make influence on human mind perpetually. Therefore, those merits of art have substantial evidence to demonstrate the lasting value of artists.
However, when people pay attention to the importance of artists, it is also crucial to confirm the status of critics for their valuable criterion and guide of appreciation, otherwise, in some cases, works might do harm to society and even fail to be accepted by people. On the one hand, some artists only pursue their own interests so that some works might full of harmful thoughts, such as violence, drug and sex. To avoid of such potential influence, critics have the responsibility to establish criterion in order to limit the content and style of art. On the other hand, art is a abstract field so that without critics' guide of appreciation, ordinary people might feel confused in front of works, not to mention understand the hidden meaning. Although critics are not artists themselves, they have so profound knowledge of arts that they can teach people how to appreciate and how to analyze works. In the absence of critics, works of artists would fail to spread, let alone the lasting value.
Considering the function of critics is essential as well as artists, the effective way of propagating culture is to coordinate their impact rather than emphasize on single one. Critics play as a bridge between artists and audience so that they must do two things: first, provide some feedback about merits and defect of works to artists, of course they also must limit unsuitable works; second, they should help people to understand the value and meaning of arts, or those famous works are only trash in the eye of laymen. Additionally, to better satisfy society and improve themselves, artists should absorb criticism actively and try their best to infuse creative ideas and hidden phenomena into their opuses. By making balance of the two parts, value of art can be spread continuously and effectively.
Understandably, critics are teachers and artists are books. A teacher chooses valuable books and help people learn information from them; books convey the history, culture and ideas to human beings. Without either of them, the real value of art would never be preserved or propagated. |
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