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The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society.
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I concede that arts--such as painting, music and literature, etc--can reveal certain ideas and ideologies of a society, both on the level of individual and society, and this point is especially true when it comes to the didactic function of art--to inculcate. By adopting the term of "otherwise" the speak, however, implies that without arts these ideas and impulses cannot manifest themselves, to which I would like to take exception. after all, reflecting the ideology of a society is far from the basic and fundamental function of art and there are other ways in which a society can express its ideas and impulses.

Admittedly, art reveals certain impulses and ideas of its society. After all, to indoctrinate individuals with some prevailing ideas and ideologies is just the didactic function of any dominant art works. For fitting examples, one needs to look no further than the grandiose style of Baroque buildings, which is designed to notice the supremacy of pontificate and then reflects the idea that religious force is dominant in that age. Moreover, art works are also utilized to reveal the impulses and emotion of individuals. In fact, as a result of a long-time development, self-expression has become an important function of art. By creating their own masterpiece, artists display their own strong emotions--such as love, hate, sadness, indignation, and so forth, which are also likely to reflect the overall thought of the mass. Consider the masterpiece of Gernica by Picasso as an example. As a reflection of the impulse of the society in that age, the painting is created to reveal the indignation about the invasion from foreigners as well as the sympathy about the suffering of Spanish people. All the examples above indicate that art is indeed an effective reflection of certain ideas and ideologies both on the level of individual and society.

However, by using the word "otherwise", the speaker implies that only through art works, can these impulses and ideas can manifest themselves, which, in my observation, goes against the experience of human history. After all, due to the lack of certain insight and craft, taking art as a expression is not easy for ordinary individuals, who are likely to take other more direct means to express their ideologies and impulses as a result. Let's back to the example Gernica again. For the ordinary citizens of Spain, it is through enrollment in the army rather than paintings that defend the dignity of their nation. In this case, the alternative way, in which people express themselves, is not only as effective as art works but also has certain more direct influence on the society. The rationale also applies to literature. Although many novels describe the malcontention among citizens in the eve of revolution in euro several centuries ago, it is the insurgence by the mass instead of a handful of art works, no matter how accurate and insightful about the situation in that age, overthrow the government by despot. In short, besides arts, there is always other direct and forceful reflections of societal ideas and impulses.

In the fundamental function of art, or its origin, lies another reason why I disagree with the speaker's claim. Since to reveal the ideas and impulses if far from the fundamental function of art, it is unfair for the speaker relegate such important task completely to artistic works and claims that without arts, these ideas and impulses will be hidden forever. In fact, art emerged in the history of human beings primarily as a production, whose function, similar with other products, is to satiate the human need--that is, aesthetic need in this matter. At the birth of art, it just manifest itself in the form of simple curves or blocks of colors, which, by all means, can be used as a reflection of societal ideologies--that is to say, as the derivative function of art, revealing the hidden ideologies and impulses cannot be overstated to the extant that only through the form of art, can certain social ideas manifest themselves.

In final analysis, although the speaker's claim that art works reflect certain ideas and impulses of a society bears some merits and reveals the function of didactics and self-expression by arts to some extent, it is premature for he or she to assert that without art, these ideas and impulses will be hidden forever. After all, we cannot relegate such important mission merely to art, which is difficult for ordinary ones to handle, especially considering the essentials function of art--that is, to provide us aesthetic enjoyment only.

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[i习作temp] Issue131 V6 冲刺第2篇 艺术揭示社会潜在力量 第一次限时超过700字 [复制链接]

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