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The arts (painting, music, literature, etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society
The arts, generally, are one of the most valuable legacies that human beings have accumulated and left to the world. They are not only aesthetically beautiful in styles, but also, they are rich in content. Because of the artfully expression being so indirect, they usually succeed in revealing the hidden impulses of a society. However, It is that kind of subtle and vague ideas hidden beneath the society, presents us a more fascinating world and helps the society moving forward at the same time.
First of all, before the arts conveying any significant messages, they all ventilate human beings' emotion. The arts are the most strong wind that makes the emotion to travel far. Notably, they help the society to keep stable since most radical ideas and emotions get transmitted by the arts so that they are not resorted to practice. As a result, they coordinate different groups to compromise to achieve a stable society. In this process, complaints are successfully sent to the other end and the emotions that are meant to keep inside exposed, yet in a mild way.
Besides, the emotion that revealed by the arts strengthened the bond among individuals. Those communication of subtle sway of inner feelings, expressed through the behavior of the protagonist in a novel, or through some lyrics in a song, achieves more friendly intercourse between the young and the old, the rich and the poor. As a result, the shared memories treasured in arts create the vibrancy and intimacy of a society.
Furthermore, the arts are most sensitive to the change of society and are the most pronounced indicator of social change and tendency. In 19th in the United States, the resentment towards slavery was actually brewing in the nation. However, it was the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin first reveal the upcoming upheaval, which was going to decisively shape the nation in the following years. The impact attributed to the book was great, reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe the author at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, "So this is the little lady who started this great war." Literature, as well as music, painting and other artistic forms, points the way of human development due to their great capacity of revealing the social tendency.
Also, when in the film iRobot, the cartoon Doraemon and millions of other science fiction films, the most cutting-edge ideas are presented before us, there are similar miracle happening in the lab or even in real world. The arts as frontiers bring forth the most exciting imaginations of human beings, open up a brand new world that we are to embrace in the near future.
Fundamentally, the arts help to ventilate human being's emotions, either negative or positive and furthermore, the ideas they reveal help to shape the world we are living in. However, the real arts requires great tolerance, which also implies that the arts may also twist the truth and go a long way to the opposite direction. Being aware of this, we will finally realize that the reason why the arts are so mysterious and amazing.
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发表于 2012-8-3 18:12:57
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