ISSUE144 有拍必会

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Issue144  第4篇 让砖头来得更猛烈些吧！
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作者：寄托家园作文版普通用户     共用时间：45分18秒     607 words
从2005年6月12日20时28分到2005年6月12日21时45分
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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.
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Ever since the inception of the art in the human history, there has been the debate regarding the effect of critics. This assertion puts a lot of weight on the contributions made by the artists and totally denies the action played by the critics in the history of art. Although no one could deny that fact that it is the artists who create the artwork which has the lasting value, and, sometimes, the creativity of the artists are oppressed by the critics, it is unfair to overlook the impetus which the critics bring to the society.

First of all, it is the artworks created by the artists, no matter what forms they are such as music, painting, literature, etc, possess the art value. If there is no artwork, there is no carrier of lasting value, and no critics will be able to address their criticism, thus no possible value to the society could exist. In the history of art, artists could still create artwork without critics while there is no critic if there is no artist. This circumstance has especially apparent in the medieval when numerous artistic works have been engaged without any consideration of the contemporary people and few of them draws comments from the critics.

Secondly, sometimes, critics play a role of counteractive in the process of artists' creation and the propagation of the artwork. It is possible that the spirit of an artwork is beyond the scope of critics, so it draws some negative comments from the critics which will obstruct the further creation of the artist and the propagation of this artwork, especially when the critic are famous. Because approbated by a good reputed expert always means success, so some creative artists would try to cater for those authorities, which will do the harm for the development of the art.

On the other hand, it is too hasty to draw the conclusion that critics always play a negative role in the development of art.

The comments of the critics provide people with the opportunity to focus the attention on the further meaning of artworks. It is well known that the critics are well-trained and more experienced in finding the deep meaning of a particularly artist’s work, while the common people are easily trapped by the ostensible facts of it, such as the light and image of a painting, the sound of a music, the plot of a fiction. It is the critics’ duty to point the further meaning of the artworks. Let us take a famous ancient Chinese fiction-- A Dream of Red Mansions--for illustration. The author Cao xueqing reveal the trend of  feudalism society in China by describing several aristocrats; however, the readers are easily immersed in the details of this fiction, and there came an academy association of A Dream of Red Mansion whose fellows are devoted to exploit the further meaning of this fiction. Obviously, the critic plays an important role in art under some situation.

Sometimes, the critics serve as the impetus of the development of the art.  The artists, especially the rookies, need feedback when they publish their works. The critics always provide the incisive, profound and quick comments for them, which will be very helpful for their artwork and their further progress. So critics sometimes are constructive to promote the progress of the artists.

To sum up, while some people may still remain unconvincing about the reason I have analyzed above, the argument should at least make them aware of the complexities of the issue under discussion. There is little doubt that more and more people will come to realize that both artists and critics play important roles in the history of arts.

[ Last edited by staralways on 2005-7-27 at 19:01 ]

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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.

Ever since the inception of the art in the human history, there has been the debate regarding the effect of critics. [感觉这两句话之间缺少衔接。] This assertion puts a lot of weight on the contributions made by the artists and totally denies the action [role] played by the critics in the history of art. Although no one could deny the fact that it is the artists who create the artwork which has the lasting value, and, sometimes, the creativity of the artists are oppressed by the critics, it is unfair to overlook the impetus which the critics bring to the society.

First of all, it is the artworks [that] created by the artists, no matter what forms they are [in,] such as music, painting, literature, etc, possess the art value. If there is no artwork, there is no carrier of lasting value, and no critics will be able to address their criticism, thus no possible value to the society could exist. In the history of art, artists could still create artwork without critics while there is no critic if there is no artist. [这句话精彩。] This circumstance has especially apparent in the medieval [time] when numerous artistic works have been engaged without any consideration of the contemporary people and few of them draws comments from the critics. [感觉这里最好作一个小结。]

Secondly, sometimes, critics play a role of counteractive in the process of artists' creation and the propagation of the artwork. It is possible that the spirit of an artwork is beyond the scope of critics, so it draws some negative comments from the critics which will obstruct the further creation of the artist and the propagation of this artwork, especially when the critic are famous. [这里是不是考虑举个例子？] Because approbated by a good reputed expert always means success, so some creative artists would try to cater for those authorities, which will do the harm for the development of the art. [后半部分的内容提得很好，只是觉得最好直接点明这是critique的负面作用。]

On the other hand, it is too hasty to draw the conclusion that critics always play a negative role in the development of art. [这里的过渡段只有一句话感觉单薄了点，觉得可以把后面的内容作一个简要的介绍。]

The comments of the critics provide people with the opportunity to focus the attention on the further meaning of artworks. It is well known that the critics are well-trained and more experienced in finding the deep meaning of a particularly artist’s work, while the common people are easily trapped by the ostensible facts of it, such as the light and image of a painting, the sound of a music, the plot of a fiction. It is the critics’ duty to point [out] the further meaning of the artworks. Let us take a famous ancient Chinese fiction-- A Dream of Red Mansions--for illustration. The author Cao xueqing revealed the trend of feudalism society in China by describing several aristocrats; however, the readers are easily immersed in the details of this fiction, and there came an academy association of A Dream of Red Mansion whose fellows are devoted to exploit the further meaning of this fiction. [这里是不是应该具体地讲一下评论家是如何挖掘深层次的内涵的？感觉不能光浮在表面上，说“评论家能够发掘深层次内容”，而不讲明白具体是怎么一回事。] Obviously, the critic plays an important role in art under some situation.

Sometimes, the critics serve as the impetus of the development of the art.  The artists, especially the rookies, need feedback when they publish their works. The critics always provide the incisive, profound and quick comments for them, which will be very helpful for their artwork and their further progress. So critics sometimes are constructive to promote the progress of the artists.

To sum up, while some people may still remain unconvincing about the reason I have analyzed above, the argument should at least make them aware of the complexities of the issue under discussion. There is little doubt that more and more people will come to realize that both artists and critics play important roles in the history of arts. [结尾中规中矩。]

值得注意的一个问题是：没有很好地和“lasting value”联系起来；文章中之有零星地提到过这点。