Attention Students:
Posted by kscott on January 11, 2007
This forum is for my Spring, 2007 Reviewing the Arts class. A category will be assigned for each week for journal posting and/or assignments, as necessary. You are responsible for WRITING AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANTIAL JOURNAL REFLECTION onto this forum EACH WEEK, in response to readings, projects, presentations, and events, etc. Categories are also posted to this site for your reference, to help with your readings, class discussions, and general reflection, as you go through this course. You are encouraged to utilize this resource, as well as add to it and/or make suggestions for new resources as you come across them.
In order to receive credit, you must put your first name on all posts, or register (with at least your first name) and sign in before posting.
Adding additional resources will be looked upon favorably, when the time comes to turn in final grades, and could be particularly useful for those who may need an extra boost at the end of the semester (hint, hint). HOWEVER, adding websites and resources WILL NOT replace your required weekly journal responses. If you are experiencing problems with this online discussion board, please inform me immediately.
February 1st, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Plato believes that there is no such thing as “true art.” There is imitative art. There is no one higher than the creator who creates the ideas of actual objects. The creator which is God himself. He is the one who creatd earth, heaven, plants and animals. He belives he is the one to make the first creation or idea.Plato refers to God as the”one who is the maker of all the works of all other workmen.” In example of a table and a bed. Plato says” there are ony two ides or forms of them…no artificer makes the ideas themselves, how could he?” Meaning that there is no other artist except the creator. Everything else is imitative art.
A painting or another reproduction of something automatically takes away the true form. It is then a replica. It is not the real idea. There are numerous ways to describe how something is imitated.Televisions, chairs, stereo, curtains etc… yes there is the initial idea, but a product is constantly changing to improve quality or style, shape, and size. The whole world is full of imitative art.That is what shows the artistic side of another creator and his or her vision. To take an idea and create history from that idea is what puts ownership to creativity.