WORDS: 564 TIME: 1:00:00 DATE: 2007-8-4
Artists and critics are always the two primary kinds of people both dealing with the art, no matter novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
When it comes to the masterpieces of everlasting value, there are always a host of different ideas held by different people in different fields, but the majority of people are more likely to associate only with artists such as Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Beethoven, and so forth， rather than some critics in history. Why, you may wonder, do people rarely remember those critics? Actually, most of comments critics gave would fade away during the history, although those comments might be to some extent, if they were, of value to the development of art. After all, it is the artist, not the critic, who gives society something of lasting value.
To begin with, it true that Critics who have a more insightful and comprehensive view of the art, may give more valuable comments on artworks than common individuals do, which might lead general people to a fresh way to appreciate artworks. In addition, critics tend to establish criterions of judging an artwork, so that they are seemingly bringing about a more widespread appreciation of art. Besides, salutary constructive perspectives and viewpoints critics made, if accepted by the artist, would promote the level of art effectively and efficiently. All of these facts seem to show that critics have slightly /somewhat/to some extent contributed to the development of the art.
However, on more occasions, the comments of critics on arts are misleading and always so different from one another, which prevents common people from appreciating art works in their own views.U As for the comments for Dream of the Red Chamber, some critics consider it a love story; other critics hold the opinion that it is something about a family's destiny; still other critics comment that it is actually about some young persons' friendship. Yet, as a matter of fact, when reading such a novel, the most important for a common reader is no other than their own feelings about the story, which is mostly damaged by those comments critics made before.
