Art in Our Life
Art is an essential part of each
state, city and person`s life. The word "art" has a set of
definitions, characteristics and peculiarities but each person imagines and
interprets it in a special way.
People sometimes ask questions,
"Is Dali`s painting art? And Shakespeare`s sonnets?" and without
hesitation or doubt they give a positive answer to these questions. "And
is a sunset, combining inexpressible saturation colours, art? And the first
smile of a child?" Every person has his own answer to these questions
because each of us has a personal view of the world and we look at surrounding
reality from different angles.
In my opinion, art is an
imaginative reflection of reality, the main goal of which is interrelation of
people with something wonderful, sensitive, interesting and beautiful,
sometimes even unexplainable and contradictory. I think that cinema, painting,
architecture and other kinds of art should arouse different emotions, feelings
and thoughts in human soul and mind. Undoubtedly, the same work of art can stir
up absolutely opposite feelings in people`s souls. For example, looking at the
fresco "Last Judgement" by Michelangelo, the splendid and talented
creator of the Renaissance era, in the Sistine Chapel, some people admire the
beauty of conveyed images, other people think about the idea of world division
into saints and sinners, someone thinks about the correlation between good and
evil and this consequence of emotions and thoughts can be endlessly continued.
All kinds of art enrich our inner
world and give us new knowledge about surrounding world. In works of art we see
the author`s point of view on some situations or generalised knowledge of the
creator, expressed with the help of artistic images. We can agree or disagree
with the author`s opinion because each person has his own vision of the world
and there is no right or wrong opinion - so many men, so many minds.
Art plays a great role in our life
as long as it makes us think about significant problems and things, happening
around us, till art excites human mind and does not leave us indifferent. Great
classical writers such as Lev Tolstoy, Ivan Franko, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens
and others touched very important problems of mankind in their works: love and
hate, war and peace, guilt and repentance, talent and mediocrity, friendship
and betrayal. I think that dramatic plots, described in works of these great
authors, will help people to revalue their attitude to life, warn and stop them
from cruel, thoughtless or unfair actions.
Influence of art on people is
great. It can make us smile or cry, love or hate, be glad or be worried. It can
inspire or make us pluck up our courage when we are spiritually and morally
broken. Art sometimes can be the only means, which can inspire a heroic deed or
support us in a difficult situation. It was so during the years of war. People
were morally exhausted and suffered under the burden of losses. And when there
was no force to fight and there was no force to live, art gave confidence to
people, brought into the atmosphere of ruin and panic some inexpressible
atmosphere of warmth and care, gave people "second wind" and made
them live again, love and fight for happiness. Soldiers went to the battle,
singing military songs about feat of arms, honour, motherland, love and about
native home, and feelings, arousing by these songs, overshadowed feelings of
fear, horror and pain.
In conclusion, I should say that
irrespective of kind of art and its personal perception, it occupies a very
important place in our life. Art is also an essential part of life and it has a
direct influence on us.