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TOPIC:ISSUE 218 - "In order for any work of art-whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song-to have merit, it must be understandable to most people."
提纲:
1 通俗的艺术作品能给很多人带来欢乐,因此能够被大多数人理解和接受,因此大众的喜爱反映了它们的价值。比如 Chaplin’s silent films
2 高雅的艺术作品往往包含深刻的哲理,它们是艺术家的self-expression因此尽管它们不被大多数人所理解,仍然有很高的艺术价值比如Van Gogh’s paintings
3 通俗和高雅的艺术作品都有其价值,不能通过是否被大众接受来决定。衡量其价值有两个方面:1) 它是否能带来pleasure, new ideas, 是否能inspire people or change their minds
2)它是否能被人们所理解无论少数还是多数,是否能传承下来影响艺术的发展和人类文明的进步
Is it the truth that the merits of an artistic work merely depends on whether they can be accepted by most people? I consider that this is a controversial issue by which we should discuss in two different facets-that is, from the popular works of art and the graceful ones.
The popular works of art, as we define them the so-called mundane art, are created by the artists for the purpose of pleasing the general population. They bring pressure, funs and wonderful thoughts to the majorities and are easily comprehended and accepted by the public. Even more, compared to the grateful ones, they exert their influence on a large scale of people who come from different layers-in other words, no matter how they have been educated or what kinds of status they possess in the contemporary society, they can enjoy the happiness and ease from the mundane arts. Consider Chaplin's silent films as a simple example, all these old or seemingly out-fashioned films still make us laugh and find a ease away from the pressure of busy work. Thus, there is no denying that this mundane but popular style of arts plays an essential role in our daily lives and moreover, all the praise from the critics and the favors from the generals reflect their inherent values.
On the other hand, unlike the popular style of arts, the graceful arts also have their inherent merits even though they are not penetrable or accepted by the majorities at times. The graceful arts, according to what Freud has said, in essence, is a strong release of individual lust, converting the potential or hidden libido from the bottom of their creator's heart to the unbelievable creativity and originality. They are the tremendous self-expression of the artists, especially their passions, emotions, desires. The artists gave them to birth, from certain angles, with consciousness or unconsciousness and thus they can be a reflection of their deep-hearted minds. When we take a look at the paintings of Van Gogh, we will find that all these paintings such as the typically famous canvas-" Heliotrope" are the greatest works of school of impressionism even though they have ever been regarded as worthless even by the connoisseurs at its time. Therefore, compared to the mundane artistic works whose overriding merits rely on the popularity and the pleasure to human beings, the graceful works of art focus their virtues on the expression of artists' values and ideas. Perhaps they will experience a comparatively long period of time after their values being recognized, nonetheless, the artists pin their hopes on these remarkable works and make them priceless even when they were generated.
Therefore, we cannot determine any work or art simply through whether they are understood or accepted by the general population in that, no matter what they are mundane artistic work or the graceful masterpiece which essentially contain the great philosophy, both have inherent merits. To evaluate whether a piece of artistic work is valuable or not, we should look further into their contributions and permanence: for one thing, we should completely learn what an artistic work can bring us, with the commercialized process of the modern art, we might regard a Hollywood big movie, for instance, the Star War, could bring us visional enjoyment equivalent to the pleasure and ease which some literal masterpieces such as Shakespeare’s play could benefit us, however, the key point is that, no matter a wonderful film or a literal work, both have its unique merits if they can inspire us or change our minds significantly. For another thing, common sense informs us that no artistic works would survive unless the inheritance or impartation of them, the pictures of Picasso, though elusive at its appearance, contributed a lot to the development of cubistic style. From this standpoint, we should redefine the values of an artistic work and only by the notice and comprehension of people either the majority or minority can their merits avoid the fate of being buried under the fleeting of time. Eventually, the existence and thriving of any style of art actually hinge on the cognition of human beings
To sum up, as discussed above, I turn to my agreement with the speaker insofar as the prevailing among the general populations to some extent reflects the superficial values of one artistic work. However, when it comes to the inherent merits of both mundane works of art and the grateful ones, we should consider their dedications to the development of both the art and human civilization and more importantly-whether they can be recognized and inherited from generation to generation.
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