issue218

zhizi522UID：2307341

TOPIC: ISSUE218 - "In order for any work of art-whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song-to have merit, it must be understandable to most people."
WORDS: 378          TIME: 1:01:38          DATE: 2007-3-30

Are the works of art valuable only when they can be understood by the most people? Answers to the question are varied due to the conception and function of art in the responder’s eyes. In my opinion, however, the artist should to some extent make the work understandable to the popularity.

In my opinion, the value of art is based on its function to inspire people. Beauty itself is never useful until it can bring people a feeling of pleasant and happiness. Although the history of art have been long and art is now a sole system apart from the popularity, the oriental purpose of our ancient to create it is just to entertain ourselves rather than a specific science with artists as specifics in it. For example, we sing a sad song when we are depressed while we dance happily when we are in good mood, that is the derive of singers and dancers. If one day, songs are only written for a certain small group of people(the artists), and no one else can understand and accept it and thus find no pleasure in it any more, the oriental purpose of the songs are determined. Thereby, to reach its attainment, artists should make their work understandable to most people.

However, too much emphasis on making the work of the artists acceptable among the common people is not wise. Education level and knowledge may prevent many people from a good understand of the essential of art. Thus, if the artist only canvass what the common people admire most and then makes the work based on the suggestions of them, the art will lose itself in the sea and get dangerous. In addition, the value of many works can only be discovered by people in the future instead of the contemporary. But it does not mean that artist should not try this kind of art now. Most artists have a deeper feeling of life which will finally come to regular people as the society continues to develop and make it much clearer.

In short, artists should pay cogent attention to make their works acceptable to most individuals, not too little to lose the oriental function of art nor too much to lose the essential of art.

[ 本帖最后由 zhizi522 于 2007-3-31 10:02 编辑 ]

shenzhicongokokUID：2300889

Are the works of art valuable only when they can be understood by the most people? Answers to the question are varied due to the conception and function of art in the responder’s eyes. In my opinion, however（不存在转折关系，可以不要吧）, the artist should to some extent make the work understandable to the popularity.

In my opinion, the value of art is based on its function to inspire(of inspiring) people. Beauty itself is(will be) never useful until(unless) it can bring people a feeling of pleasantness and happiness. Although the history of art has been long and art is now a sole system apart from the popularity, the oriental(original) purpose of our ancient to create it is just to entertain ourselves rather than a specific science with artists as specifics in it. For example, we sing a sad song when we are depressed while we dance happily when we are in good mood, that is the derive of singers and dancers. If one day, songs are only written for a certain small group of people(the artists), and then no one else can understand it, accept it and thus find no pleasure in it any more, the oriental(original) purpose of the songs are determined(deteriorated?). Thereby, to reach(achieve) its attainments, artists should make their work understandable to most people.

However, too much emphasis on making the work of the artists acceptable for common people is not wise. Education level and knowledge may prevent many people from being a good understander of the essential of art. Thus, if the artist only canvasses what the common people admire most and then makes the work based on the suggestions of them, the art will lose itself in the sea and get dangerous. In addition, the value of many works can only be discovered by people in the future instead of the contemporary. But it does not mean that artist should not try this kind of art now. Most artists have a deeper feeling of life which will finally come to regular people as the society continues to develop and make it much clearer.

In short, artists should pay cogent attention to make their works acceptable to most individuals, not too little to lose the oriental(original) function of art nor too much to lose the essential of art.

字数有点少，oriental是“东方的”的意思，是不是用错了？
感觉有些句子过于追求长度读起来有些别扭，呵呵，个人意见。
由于水平有限，难免会有些不妥的地方，多多包涵，呵呵
加油！