Three viewpoints on the origin of art

1 stands for theory, the oldest theory, starting from ancient Greek philosophers and represented by Aristotle. The reason why it can't be established is that there are actually many phenomena, such as human prehistoric cave murals, which are difficult to explain with the impulse of imitation. Imitation is the main method of most primitive art creation and production, not motivation.

2. Represented by British poet Shelley, Russian writer Tolstoy and some modern and contemporary aestheticians in Europe and America, expressing and communicating emotions is indeed an important feature of art, so expressing emotions is also an important psychological driving force to promote the occurrence and development of art.

However, human beings express their emotions in various ways. Both language and emotion can express emotions, and art is not only a tool to express emotions. Therefore, this theory cannot fully explain all the reasons for the origin of art.

3. The labor theory, represented by Hill and Engels, occupies a dominant position in the theoretical circle of literature and art in China. Fundamentally speaking, the origin of art should ultimately be attributed to human practice. The emergence and development of art originates from human social practice, and art is the inevitable product of the historical process of human cultural development. The origin of art should be a long historical process in primitive society.

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Art genre

1, primitive art and modern art

Primitive art is blunt, naive, sensitive and wild, not only because the primitive value relationship is usually low-level, shallow, simple, direct and instinctive, but also because people's cognitive ability was very limited at that time, and they could only use shallow, simple, direct and mechanical art forms to reflect and describe the objective things around them.

Modern art is advanced, exquisite, complex and rational, not only because modern value relations are usually advanced, profound and complex, but also because people's cognitive ability is constantly improving, so advanced, profound, complex and dialectical art forms can be used to reflect and describe the objective things around them.

2. Realism and Romanticism

Realism is based on the existing state of things, observing and analyzing the laws of movement, development and change of things; Romanticism is to analyze and observe the laws of the movement, development and change of things from the basic point of view of the state of things. The emphasis of the two is different: the former attaches importance to the realistic state, while the latter attaches importance to the contact state.

Realism usually focuses on the concreteness and particularity of things, and can only know concrete and individual things, but not abstract and universal things.

Romanticism usually pays attention to the abstraction and universality of things, and abstracts and induces things. All kinds of romantic artistic images have certain autonomy and randomness, and they abandon the specific forms and contents of real life.

Not bound by specific logical conditions, ignoring some vulgar and low-level things, revealing the deepest and most suggestive things in the depths of human hearts, and making artistic creation a creative adventure.

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