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issue144
Who is or, who has giving(given) society something of lasting vaue? I fundamentally agree with the speaker that artist sometimes bring about masterpieces of great enduring value. However, the speaker unnecessarily denied that art appreciating exists as an interaction, in which critics are also needed in order to help and promote the overall aesthetic value. My contention with the speaker involves the very notion of lasting value, the role of critics and the very criteria to judge lasting value.
Turning to my firt(first) point of (好像要加the) contention, what is lasting value? No one would dispute that the so-called lasting value serves to title those deeds or events which have brought great breakthrough, well-being, excitement to human beings as a whole. Such kind of value comes from various disciplines---- natural science, social science and humanity(这个好像是人类,博爱的意思吧,not decipline) as well. Therefore, as a main means to describe and characterize humanity, art established its vital status in fulfilling the meaning of "lasting value". After all, what we can see exists together in a delicate art world. To search apt examples one does not have to seek beyond the world around---- even a tiny building, or mini image or even a piece of music come from artist's hands or at least represents a sense of artistic notion. Were there not be art and artists, human world might degrade into colorless, stale, depressing mass. Thus, though we ascribe too much achievement we made to natural scientists, artists are those who really deserve appreciation for this diverse and kaleidoscopic world.
Turning to my next point of contention, how critics interact artists? I concede that everything has its value. However, this broad assertion has at least two meanings: (1). someone might overlook the value of one thing because he does not like it, at least partly. (2). someone likes the thing tends to content and debate with his adversaries. Here comes the interation and critics outstand when this appreciation developed into a professional process. Therefore, art pieces are born to criticize. In fact, great critics often helps artists to refine their work. For example, Terry Eagleton in his famous commentary Literature Theory summarized and tersed most of the literature achievements from middle age to 17th century, which afterwards leads to a prosperous literature evolution in English speaking countries. Also, since few people might understand what artists want to express, some people have to serve as the interpreter to redirect art values. This has been especially true in the realm of painting. Without explicit explanation from critics, few of us can really perceive Picasso's "montages"; also we would be hard-pressed to comprehend Van Gogh's Jack Straw nor his suicide. Thus, critics commenting on art works is in fact a miror, through the reflection of which we might better assess the significance of art works and share the lasting value provided by critics.
Then, turning to my last view point, what is the criteria for us to distinguish lasting value from trivial existence? No matter in or out of the realm of art&art critique, things have lasting value could never be those whose significance pales compared with time and common wealth. In other words, criteria for lasting value focus on whether it can bring about significance to predictable future and the well-being of human beings. In this sense, Guernica, Cien Anos de Soledad together with their dissenters all contribute to establish common mission for human to maintain peace and independence. And the process, through which we communicate with others, became even eternal.
In sum, the so-called lasting value came from people who creat it but was enhanced, highlighted, represented and refined by critics. Without them, human beings might either exist in a world of depressing or get lost in the labyrinth of misunderstanding. I would be dard-pressed to imagine a worse end.
写得非常漂亮,赞不绝口
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