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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. 144． 是艺术家而不是批评家，给了社会一些永久的价值。*批评家指经常评价艺术作品，例如小说、电影、音乐、绘画等的人

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正：艺术家的作品不但有艺术价值，还会产生社会和历史价值
（1）在个体层面上，一件艺术作品本身就是对作者的态度和看法的体现（艺术价值的定义），对观众来说是感官上的享受
（2）在社会层面上，艺术作品不光是单纯的艺术品，还能丰富人们的精神世界（陶冶情操，
（3）优秀品质是可以世代流传的，甚至能在人类历史上留下一笔（有许多能体现历史印迹的文物本身就是艺术品）

反：可以说批评家的言论本身就是艺术品的一部分，没有了评论家的艺术品就意味着没有人来欣赏，无人问津的艺术品只是艺术家的自娱自乐，是失败的，没有价值的。（有多少大家是在死后，其本人在历史上的和作品的地位才被正名的，梵高）

反：批评家在对艺术品的价值认定上起到了关键的作用，
（1）虽然一些个人主观意识会错误的引导大众对艺术品的看法，但通常都会从专业的角度为大众解析和评价艺术作品
（2）评价无论是积极的还是负面的，都可能有利于艺术家创作出更优秀的艺术作品

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Who makes sense of the work of art to the society constantly, the artist or the critic? This challenging debate has been underscored continuously for long time. The author claims that something of lasting value to our society is given by the artist rather than the critic. In response to this issue, we need to analyze the proposition comprehensively and systematically. I agree insofar as that the critic’s comment is indeed based on the work of art made by the artist, which has some kind of values such as artistic, social and even historical. At some point, however, I think the contribution of the criticism cannot be ignored.

For one thing, admittedly, many people always go into enjoyment at the mere mention of artwork. They are forever talking about the Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona lisa, a waltz by Strauss and the Michelangelo’s statue of David, which are all valuable to leave a good name to posterity. On the other hand, as an artist said, “the practice of art is not to make a living. It is to grow your soul”, the value of artwork is not only enjoyment of version or hearing, but also to explore their emotion. Moreover, another aspect of the value of artwork is to descending the history, culture and custom for offspring. According to the antiques found in ancient tombs, which were mostly artworks, archeologists are always aimed to acknowledge certain information about the circumstance in quotidian life of our ancestors. Nothing, they maintains, is more essential than such great ancient artists of works in the history of human beings.

But is it really the case? So far as that is concerned, these people seem to overlook the basic fact that the criticism from critics, in a manner of speaking, is a needful extra part of a piece of artwork. It means that if a piece of artwork, unfortunately, could not make any attention from audience involving their evaluating, the object is merely for assuming rather than a valuable one except for the creator-self. For instance, the genius’ achievement in art region of Vincent Van Gogh was not appreciated until eight years before he died. Since the temporal people cannot understand the advanced method and painting expression of Van Gogh, let alone to arise attentions or comments. Thus, the proof is efficient that without criticism, there would be neither valuable work of art nor talented artist.

In the light of the example of Van Gogh, we also could draw a point that critics present a key function of the evaluation to the artworks. Even if sometimes critics may have some personal criticism with subjectivity to mislead the audience into a false comprehension, general speaking, they would show a role of professional guide to help people to understand the abstruse artwork correctly. In addition, the critic’s comments, whatever positive or negative ones, would also encourage the artist to perfect their work of art in order to gain a higher value and reputation.

In sum, the artists provide more obviously observed value to the society while the critics’ are potential. Inasmuch as, without the criticism, the piece of artwork might be undistinguished as same as the anonymous creator. And the critic would promote artists to create higher valuable achievements. As a result, the above discussed reasons should to a large extent justify my claim that even though the artists are responsible for the lasting value to the society, the contribution made by the critics is not lower than artists’ at all.

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