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THE NATURE OF

BEAUTIFUL

AND THE NATURE OF ART

irmly considering art a human activity ’based on study a work of art by trying to ascertain “what is being said,
experience, on quality and on particular aptitudes, on who says it, to whom and what the effects are.”
Ftalent and on individual ingeniousness, any critical In fact art is a form of Man’s activity which is intended as
estimations of artistic works must necessarily take account of a confirmation or exaltation of his creative skill and of his
their development through various periods, of their complexity capacity of expression, therefore he modifies himself and the
with special reference to their own stylistic expression, to the natural environment according to a dramatic, ironical etc.
time when they were created, to their place of origin. connection which goes with the individual or social needs of
However it is not sufficient to pass judgment on a work of a logical or moral nature.
art simply explaining its origin or the essence of its various Through the qualities of a work of art, criticism should
stylistic forms; we need to try to understand art as an aspect of find essential the definition and realization of the nature
human and social life and, particularly, to study the influence and originality of an artist, with a constant reference to the
of art on man and on society, on the artistic awareness and general concepts of imitation, simulation and the singular
culture education, on the contacts, on the civil and social artifices of the technical and stylistic particularities. Then the
conflicts that art represents, reproduces or is ahead of. investigation and study of the aesthetical qualities of a work
The birth, the development and the decadency of the social of art will allow us to understand exhaustively the processes
institutions of art are defined by the kinds of organization and of transformation and transfiguration of reality or of a certain
by the social groups, which influence artistic creations. It is ideas developed by an artist.
not an easy task at all, but such an approach can make possible The elaboration of philosophical concepts and of Man’s
methodologies for a wider interpretation of a work of art with thought follows the course of the whole history of art, from
a precise reference to human personality. ancient times to the present day: therefore it is necessary to
Art gives rise to and establishes new forms of behavior search for the links among the various classical branches
especially if it is considered from the point of view of of knowledge in order to interpret artistic movements and
propaganda, of the distribution, of the process of communication the works which characterize them critically and correctly
and of the means of expression. Therefore it is unthinkable to considering them in their connection and in their development
in time.

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