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Issue144 [米国有米]第六次作业
作者:bluecathy
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. 是艺术家而不是批评家,带给社会一些具有持久价值的东西。
[提纲]:
1.举例《尤利西斯》来引出批评家的功能,评价作品、区分作品的好坏,总结艺术思潮,反馈给艺术家意见。
2.但和批评家相比,艺术家为艺术和社会的贡献更多。
(1)创造作品的是艺术家。艺术家进行创造,表达内心,并带给观众精神享受。而批评家并没有。没有艺术家的作品,也便没有批评家的评价。
(2)进行艺术思潮和革新的艺术家。摇滚乐。批评家更多的是总结。
(3)艺术家进行的反馈,如果没有艺术家的创造,则不具备任何意义。法国新浪潮电影。
[正文]:
According to this statement, the speaker asserts that only the artist could leave something valuable to the society rather than the critic. I agree with the speaker that in most part, the critic doesn't play an indispensable role in evaluating artists and their works; even more gives few with lasting value to our society.
It should be acknowledged that the critics help the artists and their works to be widely understood among the masses and make the value of the artists' works be passed down to history. Let's take James Joyce's <Ulysses> for example, when the author James Joyce wrote this obscure novel, the most of which are too obscure for the readers to understand, especially the literal technique that presented the thoughts and feeling of a character as they developed. In most cases, we may just know there are several characters and their name, identity in this novel; we may not possess the sensitive perspective and the capability to reach the profound meaning of this novel. But the critics interpret the implicit thoughts and emotion lying behind the novel, summarize Joyce's writing style as 'the stream of consciousness' and generalize this literal genre to more readers and critics. If there is no critics, people may fail or get late to discover the value of the art work, and thus fail to remember them. Moreover, sometimes critics may give some constructive feedback to the artists which could help the artists to improve their works.
However, comparing with the critics, the artists contribute more lasting value to the art and the society. It should be acknowledged that the value of the work is created by genuine artists, who express their hearts and thoughts through creating and bring a spiritual enjoyment to the masses, but rather the critics who don't created any art work. If there is no work of the artists, there will be no comment of the critics.
Firstly, for those truly valuable art works, no matter how long they have to wait until being accepted, they would manifest their value eventually; even there is no any critic. Vincent Van Gogh and his paintings could prove it best. He got very bad criticism and sold only one of his paintings by his brother Theo before his death, but as time flies, people are starting to realize the value of his paintings which keep a highest sales record of painting work today. Hence, the lasting value comes from the creative artists rather than the critics.
Secondly, notwithstanding the foregoing contribution of critics in summarizing and generalizing the art genre and variational trend, it is the artist who creates and develops the genres and trends of art. For the instance of rock music, which began with Bill Haeley's <Rock Around the Clock> and developed with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Rolling Stones and so on, this music genre and his lasting value are totally created by the bands and the singers and do nothing with the critics. What the critics do are more summarization and popularization.
Furthermore, without the artists' creation, it is meaningless for the critics' feedback. Taking Nouvelle Vague (new tide of movie in France) means as an example, director Truffaut was a critic of <cahiers of cinema> in the beginning, he wrote many articles about the circumstance of cinema then, which didn't develop French cinema directly. Until directing a movie <400 blows> personally, he had brought a whole new view to French cinema, which also contributed a lasting value of new tide of French cinema. To this extent, the critics in every time of period may contribute very few to the development of true art, if the critics would also pay some attention to creating, may there be more valuable works today.
To sum up, the critics have their creativity in wide confirming and spreading the value of art works. Nevertheless, due to the concrete creation and contribution, the artists do give lasting value to the society rather than the critics. |
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