Art is a creative comprehension of the surrounding world by a talented person. The fruits of this comprehension belong not only to its creators, but to all of humanity living on planet Earth. Immortal are the beautiful creations of ancient Greek sculptors and architects, Florentine mosaic masters, Raphael and Michelangelo … Dante, Petrarch, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky.
It takes your breath away when you try to capture the mind with everything created by geniuses, preserved and continued by their descendants and followers. Now it is impossible to imagine that our life would not be accompanied by art, creativity. This is a utopia, which, fortunately, is never destined to be realized.
Where and whenever a person lives, even at the dawn of his development, he tried to comprehend the world around him, and therefore, sought to understand and figuratively, intelligibly pass on the knowledge he received to future generations. This is how wall paintings appeared in caves – ancient man-made settlements. And this was born not only of the desire to protect their descendants from mistakes already passed by the ancestors, but the transfer of the beauty and harmony of the world, admiration for the perfect creations of nature.
Mankind did not stagnate, it progressively moved forward and higher, the art that accompanied people at all stages of this long and painful journey also developed. If you turn to the Renaissance, you admire the heights that artists and poets, musicians and architects have reached.
The immortal creations of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci still fascinate with their perfection, plasticity and deep awareness of the role of man in the world, where he is destined to go his short but beautiful, sometimes tragic way.
Not only ancient creations attract our attention. We are constantly confronted with works of art in everyday life. Visiting museums and exhibition halls, we want to join the beautiful world that is accessible only to geniuses at first, and then to the rest, we learn to understand, see, absorb the beauty that has become part of our ordinary life.
Art is beautiful in that it is created by the elect, and belongs to millions.
We are trying to understand the creation of the masters, we are approaching their vision of the world. Isn’t this the main purpose of art? It is intended to perfect a person.
It’s impossible for everyone to be creators, but we are able to try to penetrate the essence of the creation of a genius, to get closer to understanding the beautiful. And the more often we become contemplators of paintings, architectural masterpieces, listeners of beautiful music, the better for us and those around us.
Art is many-sided, eternal, but, unfortunately, it cannot affect people without their will, mental stress, a certain work of thought. A person should want to learn to see and understand the beautiful, then art will have a beneficial effect on him, society as a whole. It will probably be in the future. In the meantime, talented creators should not forget that their works are capable of influencing millions, and this can be beneficial or harmful.
In the 20th century, the role of cinema, television and video increased. They became the main idols of youth. And it’s wonderful if it is a good, humane beginning, that is, a true art with centuries-old traditions.
But if the propaganda of violence, the cult of power, evil steps on our screens, we will die after the unlucky heroes of these one-day fighters.
I believe that all this is temporary, transitory, soon people will understand this. Already many realize that no film can replace communication with a book, music, painting.
Art is eternal and beautiful, because it brings beauty and goodness to the world.