What is Art for?
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- What's art really 'for'? It's a question we're remarkably reluctant to ask - but should; once you know, it makes the point of art a whole lot clearer.
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1. Art keeps us hopeful
2. Art makes us less lonely
3. Art rebalances us
4. Art helps us to appreciate stuff
5. Art ist propaganda for what really matters
Thank you Ego very cool
Reading these points do you agree with all of them. Using an example, the movie Requiem For A Dream is art, but it fails in the first 4 points
@Grace Hooks same, so thank you much appreciate
bless just saved me a crit
Art is beauty
Art isn't the presentation of a beautiful thing, bat rather a beautiful presentation of a thing.
+100500
I'm glad you didn't mind the "bat".
Shinu Nabil
I didn't notice that. :D
Anyway, let's think, that it's a сacography. :)
Thank u
It's both.
That would make a great shirt, van Gogh pointing at us with the words " remember the oranges".
I will get a shirt like this even if it's the last thing I'll ever do.
I though the same
i wanna buy dat shirt
So where do I buy it
Art is a universal language. And some people have a great vocabulary.
love this!
when you're an artist and cannot make art and you can't keep calm and have no hope
LOL
Then make art, on not being able to make art
I sure know what that's like :')
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at least remember the oranges!
I am an art student and have been struggling in my head, questioning whether I made the right decision by saying that I want to make art for the rest of my life- Thank you for this video. It addresses some commonly held, but deeply seated questions.
I feel and plead that everyone should be making art for the rest of their life. To express art is as important of a trade and skill as communicating through writing or even speaking. To take away my pen and brush is to take away my voice. There is nothing more important short of air, food and water to my very being!
Great stuff!
Wisecrack Pablo Picasso put it best:
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Wisecrack Quite Frankly I'd say the same exact thing so it probably makes the creators feel better about the work they are doing!
Two of my fav channel
yay!!
remember the oranges!
Or Manet's asparagus!
Rhystic Studies hey
what reference is this?
Aquí me hablas español
Art helps us to appreciate stuffy because it connects us with the reality . The works of arts are a representation of the concrete word , so appreciating them makes us reflect and understand life . Ferreira Gullar , a Brazilian artist , stated that “ art exists because just life is not enough” .
"Art is the human disposition of sensible and intelligible material to esthetic ends" - James Joyce in Portrait of an Artist
“Art is a constant source of support and encouragement for our better selves.”Art brings our hearts into the light to shine as one love. Facts sis ❤
Art is the discovery of one's self. It's the use of imagination and creativity. Whats it good for? Unlike things civilizations stress like agriculture, medicine, and scientific breakthroughs, art is a form of human ingenuity. Like law, philosophy, knowledge, and order, Art is a stem of human possibility. We cant live as humans if we only practiced war and science. We need law and knowledge and ideas of justice. Art, whatever form whether poetry or whatever, is like a bridge that helps us connect these ideas. It falls under the ability for us to think. Something, we hardly do now with only test scores and evolutions in war.
Spoken like an artist. 👌
Wrong!!! Art is a way to say and feel the things we can't or shouldn't say in public. Art is a way to the truth!
Spot on. Everyone needs art of some kind to live a healthy life, whether it's visual arts, architecture, crafts, music, dance, literature, etc, etc. Personally art/music is what keeps me going. I find so much inspiration in the talent of other people, particularly animators and game creators, there's something about being able to step into the dreams of another person.
Kaleb Sagehorn
Ah, so anyone who enjoys art of any kind is trying to be hip or edgy? All those cave painters, so narcissistic. How incredibly idiotic. It's completely unnessesary to provide any logic for why I enjoy art, I just do, it's as uncontrollable as a hiccup. Do you really not find enjoyment in a single movie, song, video game, or art of any kind? If you truly don't, I'm very sorry for you. As to why art is useful, it can have many purposes; the dispensation of new ways of thinking, particularly helps visualizing abstract ideas of complex science, new ideas- or the recording of history and culture. This is for the benefit of civilization, but art also benefits the individual emotionally and even physiologically. Perhaps you are incapable of benefiting from art in this way because of some mental irregularity, but that doesn't mean it doesn't benefit others.
+Kaleb Sagehorn
Plato had this exact argument. He said that if art mirrors reality then we're wasting our lives looking at art, when we should be living. It's an interesting point of view. I don't personally agree, but it's quite valid to point out.
Art doesn't just mirror reality, it helps us understand it and points of view that would otherwise be beyond our direct experiences.Rashmika The Writer
+CampingforCool41 That's also what I think. :)
Why do you feel so strongly about it Kaleb?
"Art returns glamour to its rightful place highlighting what is genuinely worth appreciating."
Mantulll
I feel like art is a bit more ambiguous than that. While I really appreciate and agree with most of the points this video makes, I think that what really makes art art is its apparent uselessness. The true purpose of art has changed hugely throughout the years going from being merely decorative, made by artisans, to sharp and critical. In my opinion, art's true strength nowadays relies on its capacity as a means of communication, as a tool to bring forth a new train of thought, to sharpen societies' consciousness. It helps us wonder about the world and pushes us to reach our own conclusions.
Unfortunately, there will always be people who will try to exploit the market, who will poison art's true nature with pretentiousness and will turn it into something snotty and obnoxious.
Looking forward for the next vid, keep up the good work :)
My teacher ones said: The purpose of artist, in society is like the purpose of nerve in the human body. :)
thank the school of life this helped me to understand why i like so much sad art work : i like it because i find it "truer" or more loyal toward the truth
It's can also be about questioning people's beliefs and making them think. It can be political, it can be angry, it can be ugly. It's not just about making us feel better, although that is a valid purpose.
I realized the beauty of art when I started going into the gym, I made something so simple like barbells and dumbells into so much meaningful to me. I’m slowly getting into well known and lesser known painters and reading about their personal life’s and emotions that they felt when making genuine art.
To know what art is for read "Letters upon the Aesthetic Education of Man" by Friedrich von Schiller
+The School of Life Hoffnung, Schiller. Ein kleines Lämpchen, links oben. Sinnierend. Zählt Zeit? Dualismen für Kunst in schillernden Schönheiten. Meine Expression der Vollkommenheit in Harmonie: sechstöckige Bienenbauten und Laute. Marginale Posten auf reduziertet Gesamtheit. Eben Nicht! Wortgefetz in penetrierend, in balsamierend. Kratziges Etwas in Schweizerisch. Schweiz, das Deutschland der Welt.
Arn Gö?
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I loved this film: both ideas and execution. Thank you. A simple springboard for thinking about the place for non-pragmatism and the enduring satisfaction of all art forms. Lovely stuff.
Art is everything, done by a person who expressing her/himself emotions. That art can provide as aesthetic view in all things we have now. Because of creative minds of our artist can provide more meaning on why we are still live in this world. Without art our lives are so empty or what i mean is that boring.
My approach towards art is very critical: I can find art in daily things while most of what others consider as art doesn't resonate in me. Therefore, if art resonates in me, it can be a light at the end of a tunnel because of how emotional I can get and feel that I'm not alone.
@A. Belousov
It makes me think about how, for example, art during the most war-like times in Japan was the most serene, favoring monochromatic brush paintings. But then in the Tokugawa era, where society became more peaceful yet more stifled and restricted by an overbearing government, art became more bold and experimental.
+Rachael Lefler you are mixing eras and misnomering them as well; not to mention the idiocy of your ideas; your feed of Japanese culture must be coming from comic books;
No, I'm really not, and it's coming from a Japanese History class I took and several art history books I've read. What the hell?
I also did a paper on a Japanese brush painting that I saw at the St. Louis art museum.
I had to do a lot of research for that because it was a semester-long project where we picked an object in the museum and did different papers discussing the same object (in this case the painting by Itsuun) in different theoretical frameworks.
“Art disturbs the comforted and comfort the disturbed”
Changes your mindset if just for a while.
I think that a lot of the negative we see in others is just their stress and worries.
Does not reflect them as people.
So i try to be kinder and not see people as "Them and us".
Art keeps me calm, and help me to think rationally.
Great video.
The use of art to balance us is an interesting idea. I remember when I visited India and had some very intense experiences where I started to feel like the world was just chaos and there was nothing to hang onto, I finally understood how someone could appreciate Zen art and Zen living spaces. Before those experiences the thought of living in such a bare and controlled environment seemed boring and sterile to me, but now I can understand it in my own personal way. At least in that head space it seemed like a lovely prospect it be surrounded by simplicity.
I totally agree with the author, and specially with the points about art making us hopeful and less lonely. Personally, I appreciate music as a form of art, and Russian music is considered to be the most depressing one in the world. So, listening to it gives me a feeling of being a part of something bigger.
Really? Do you know the reason why it's depressing?
I guess, it all can be united in a point about rebalancing. Art drives us to hope when we need some; it gives some external empathy to someone who seeks it (hence it makes us less lonely); artist also can call for someone's appreciation of certain things
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I'm sure it would be time-consuming but what a treat it would be to know the names of the artists for the many beautiful works in this short film; especially for segment 2: Art makes us less lonely.
A fair assessment and while it's probably covered in some of the five points I think art can often create a new mode of language to connect us and interact. Our interactions with artwork have evolved thanks to modern art which allows art particularly to transcend class. The aspect of involvement is quintessentially 21st century and incredible.
What a creative way for philosophy to get among people and inside their minds. Thank you School Of Life and Alain de Botton!
Great video Alain de Botton ! In case you were wondering, I've also heard many praises for "Art as Therapy" at the Art Gallery of Ontario - where I work as a docent. Many visitors have personally expressed how different, relatable and mind-opening it is.
I studied photography (degree), and although it is not a classic form of art, it is art nonetheless. I prefer art with a purpose, more of a purpose than you mention, something that I can visually see and embrace, such as the photo montages of Peter Kennard or works along the lines of Bansky, obvious propaganda, but with a strong purpose. The work I enjoy most is the work that highlights the problems in society and puts them on display for the world to see in plain view over the constant talk of celebrities etc. Maybe this is because of my photography background (seeing the world for what it is up front and personal), but because of this I don't really believe that art 'fills a gap' for me. More like it perpetuates what I already believe in and see.
Very interesting video though, it's always good to see other things in art that others normally wouldn't see, and it sparked ideas of what art means to me as a person, so thank you.
Wow! I've been binge watching your videos and cannot get enough. Thanks for all!
This movement - the School of Life - articulates an attitude I've been struggling to which I've struggled to give voice: Education is supposed to console, enlighten, embolden, ignite, and construct. All it did for me was "deconstruct." The confusion wasn't productive. I believe in the humanities, even in a world of technocrats, number crunches, pragmatists, politicians, and engineers. They certainly have their place and I am grateful that they exist. But we are human :) And therefore we need the humanities.
As an artist I love this video, bravo Alain!
Hands down this is the best youtube channel. Thanks for all the awesome videos!
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
Ernst Fischer
I think part of the difficulty of answering that question is that some of the most compelling art expresses things we can not. It can be something that you can not express due to fear of judgement like the video pointed out and it can sometimes be the only way to accurately convey something you can not figure out how to express through words. It can be rather jarring when you experience artwork that does both.
Lovely, intelligent, unpretentious language... I have my first of year advanced ESL class ready made. And featuring readymades too! Thanks SoL.
Art expresses a persons thoughts visually and there emotions in the artwork. Art can show us a persons happiness or saddens or it can also tell us a person’s story. Art should be made because without art our world really has no foundation, art is all around everyday we just chose to ignore that.
The quality of these videos has definitely gone up over time.
I've been questioning the value of my work a lot lately. People around me tell me it's important I do what I do, like it's important for them, but I do not fully comprehend why. I needed this, thanks School of Life.
Also love this 4:52 😂
I think art also helps us express ourselves. Sometimes it's hard to do that, and art can help us with that.
Art is a response to the conversation of life. Good art gives, it presents an hypothesis that its intended audience can understand and inspires them to reflect on and respond in their own way.
Art is life, art is the nature, the universe, every thing on earth comes as a result of art, if a business man is an artist because if creates his business plan from his mind, because art is as a result of emotions and feelings, art is spiritual, art is everything.. My journey as an artist opened my eyes to what art is,its element, how to and all that..
art is everything about you...
Art is an *explosion!*
Such a great point that art gets too much reverence and mystique.
The glorious Philadelphia Museum of Art does a great job breaking down barriers with their "art after 5" program and wednesday night activities (like yoga in the galleries). I wish we had more of that here in Scotland.
For me art is the human expression of sensitivity, whether that sensitivity is that of beauty or pain.
I can safely say, this channel chanced my life.. It changed that way I look at life and everything in it, can you?
Mr. de Botton, your videos and ideas are very helpful, thank you!
In summary, art is the rawest display of humanity. It is feelings, human vision, life, sensations, and everything else. An empath's dream!
I have some interesting questions:
Does art evolve similar to the way philosophy and science does?
What is culture for? or why is it important?
I love your work. God Bless !
I'd love to hear a take on a style/mood/genre of music; why people listen to it.. ie. Dubstep, Classical, Hardcore,
oooh yes....
Good thing art can change lives for the better...And so can music. They impact brain function and are extremely useful in various therapies...
"music can be beneficial in some caliber" -Kaleb Sagehorn
music is just a predictable pattern of sounds that your brain recognizes. the brain releases dopamine while it searches for these patterns and predicts their changes. over time, it becomes less of a task for the brain. this then makes you like the song less due to you playing it too much.
so what? you can simplify so many things to a simple scientific level to the point where they seem like they mean nothing. If people didn't place purpose and meaning in the little things in life that make them happy; the world would be a sadder place.
"I am arguing that music adds no value to the human race and should stop being held in such high esteem."
then why have humans from all over the world been making music for millennia? it's obviously important or we wouldn't still be making it. Scientists are great, but artists and musicians are great too. What would science be without art and art without science? you can't separate them bud
Art should be truth:
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
I don't think I can ever thank School of Life enough for these videos. This is art!
Content is not art. Cringe
Remember The Oranges. -Vincent Van Gogh, 1890
That kind of makes sense. I live a peaceful life surrounded by technology in the countryside where everything is getting renewed, or rather "too new". I myself admire works of art which depict war, weapons, post-apocalypse and ruins, which I find fond. Also sometimes when I am surrounded by aged technology I admire science fiction
a round of applause for his presentation art
Looks good and promising. Art is a way for anyone to express their emotions. Art could be anything, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Engineers and Architects do a great job. Though when it comes to the aesthetics and art-style of a product, we do need a lot of Designers.
The most amazing series
PUT THE ARTISTS UP WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TIMESTAMPS DAMN YOU!
A few references for further reading might be nice, too. I was really taken by the last point, but searching Google Scholar for "is art propaganda for what really matters?" will be unproductive.
beautiful work
thanks
This 5 min video made me learn and understand art more then school ever did (sorry english is not my first language)
"remember the oranges" that was great! :D
1) Art keeps us hopeful ~ 0:38
2) Art makes us less lonely ~ 1:28
3) Art rebalances us ~ 2:27
4) Art helps us to appreciate stuff ~ 3:40
5) Art is propaganda for what really matters ~ 4:28
It refines our creativity. It allows us to establish a greater sense of self. It reinforces and becomes culture. It reinforces us spiritually. It is weightlifting for the mind. It engages the practice of humans using their vision. It allows for economic gain.
love it how youve included a picture of a bodybuilder in the beginning picture
Yes, hope. Whenever I start a painting I always hope it'll turn out right. People tell me it looks okay but I'm rarely convinced.
Maybe SoL could do a short film on perfectionism, the curse of the creative?
This videos was one of the best i've seen in a while ❤❤
Yes, this is super, thank you for saying this out loud!
What is art for? It is the medium in which we communicate directly to our consciousness in the timeless language of understanding.
What this video seems to answer is how can artistic images help us feel good. Pretty can help heal the Pain. It seems to purposely avoid mentioning how paintings like The Slave Ship can portray powerful political messages. Or how art like cave paintings or the pyramids themselves timelessly convey messages to us today (though we get a fundamentally different message from them).
Pretty is great but what about all the art which surrounds us and is misleading us purposefully. I'm speaking of the regular bombardment of advertisements and propaganda that we see regularly.
Our ability to quickly perceive images and understand their meaning is fundamental to consciousness and a large part of what made us human. Today our innate ability to comprehend imagery is being used against us to make us buy things or agree with ideals. Most people don't see this as art or think it has no effect on them. Trust me if it had no effect on you companies wouldn't bother so much. The truth is when you factor in advertisements, commercials and logos the vast majority of the art we see is more persuasive more than pretty. Thus
What is art for today? Brand recognition
damn..thank u
Your videos are art that help us losen up and use it for constant support.
I'm loving your videos. Thanks for giving art the importance that it deserves.
This video is a work of art!
Can you put up the artists?
I really love your videos! Can I ask a technical (maybe stupid) question? which software have you used for the animations? Thanks
This was absolutely lovely
art adds meaning to our lives. helps us make meaning of things
Remember the oranges. Love it!
Just finished watching THE BIG IDEAS videos :D well i can say that i learned a lot from the 20 minutes i spared. I subscribed and will be watching out for more.
//and i laughed when i saw 1D from two of these videos XD :)))
exactly what I needed thank you :)
Thank you so much! This video is awesome!!!
can anyone tell me what the name of the song in 1:54 - 2:04 ?
Terrific and eye opening !
I love this!
Very insightful :)
"Remember the Oranges"
What are the major topics within art that are essential to know for someone who wants to get an overview of the field?
"Art is propaganda for what really matters". I love that so much
Time 1:57. If anybody knows what the name of that piece is please let me know I love it.
Art exists to delight and instruct and elevate the soul.
Engineers and Architects do a great job. Though when it comes to the anesthetics and likeness of a product, we do need a lot of Designers.
The art is more deeply. It's not only for beauty. This is for contemplation. Thinking. Feeling. And it may be ugly and scary in some sense, but interesting and valuable at the same time.
Hello, I loved the video and would like to know the research involved behind it. I mean, sociologists, artists, psychollogists.. involved.
(Is that the kind of information I would find in the book?)
Thanks!
Does anyone know what kind of program is used to make these kind of videos? SO good.
Looks good and promising! Great content