Plato’s view on art:
When studying Plato and his
view on art, we learned that he looks at art as an imitation; an imitation of
an ultimate reality, therefore lesser. Plato believed art to be powerful and
therefore dangerous and to move people behaviorally, spiritually and
emotionally. Because of the power of art, many should be on guard. The problem
with imitation is that if people only know these imitated images, then they
will have a distorted view of the way things really are. Images are so far from
the reality they seek to depict. Plato wants to “strip” artists of the power
and prominence they enjoy in his society. For Plato, art imitates a world that
is already far removed from the authentic reality of Truth. Truth is “intellectual
abstraction”. Plato was not to keen on art except for certain types of music
and drama for he believed that the field of art was a poor representation of
the ultimate form. Because he believed it was a poor representation, he
believed we couldn’t know the true reality of that which was being depicted.
No comments:
Post a Comment