The pride and appreciation exhibited in the work of art for the human physique demonstrated the humanistic ideas of the Renaissance. ... His letters became a blueprint for humanists of the Renaissance, with letters becoming the favorite form of prose (Humanism: Italy 5). ... In his time, no longer were the teachings of the church and Aristotle, a teleologist who believed in eudaimonia, often described as the highest form of human good, suitable (Kessler 59). ... They thought of themselves as "apostles of a new golden age that would usher in the rinascita " or rebirth of all societies with the...

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On the Mesopotamian side, most art gives thanks to a god, or glorifies the cultures greatness by showing depictions of everlasting peace, or of trouncing enemies, like in the Standard of Ur witch shows peace on one side, and a war that is being won on the other. It is interesting to see how art differs between cultures. It's almost strange to see that many cultures have basically the same stories and they come up with completely different art. ... Unlike the Standard, The Palette Of Narmer depicts traditional Egyptian art. ... Art is no exception. ...

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Art for Politics Sake: Art Censorship in Communist China, And The United States We want one single, grand lie which will be believed by everybody - including the rulers, ideally, but failing that the rest of the city -Plato from his Republic Today if an average American was asked if he or she believed that censorship was an important part of the perfect state, they would not only answer "no" but they would say that the perfect state must have no form of censorship in order for it's people to be happy. ... Though Plato was a champion of rational thought, he made clear ...

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So, Last week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... The main categories of the artworks displayed at the museum are American art, American decorative arts, Asian art, Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art, African art, European art. However, the artworks include various forms of style that I don't have any clue about each form is about, but the colors of the artworks have always intrigued me a lot due to my interest in the study of philosophy. ... As I enter, from room to room in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it has many sections to European painting. ... Some inter...

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It is an art. ... Second, literature ought to be the great-book namely "notable for literary form or expression". ... Ancient Greek thought held that poetry, drama, and other forms of fine art were imitations of reality, a reality that could be actual or potential. Indeed, their phrase for what we think of as "fine art" was "imitative arts", and great importance was attached to poetry as an integral part of the Greek education. Some questions naturally spring from this broad theory of art, for example: what exactly is being imitated by the poet or artist? ...

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Poetry and Unreality is Plato's famous attack on poetry and by extension, all forms of art which are aimed at inducing pleasure. ... Art does not attempt to teach. ... Art is meant to be aesthetically pleasing. ... Banksy once said about art: "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.... Humanity doesn't live to merely form a well governed society. ...

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Introduction I have chosen 19th century art and the Aesthetic Movement to consider What is an aesthetic? ... Section 1 Definition of Aesthetics Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of art, beauty and taste. ... Plato states For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms...out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he will of himself perceive that the beauty of one form is akin to the beauty of another, and that beauty in every form is one and the same. ... Constable demonstrates his strong sense of aesthetic and beauty, he s...

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This is majorly because they were the developers of art, science and religion in the European, Arabic and Judaic world (Guisepi). ... According to Plato, democracy is a good form of government (Sharma) and people tend to fancy this kind of government. ... Moreover, he came up with the theory that art emulates nature which has over the years been a platform for art classification in the western society (Guisepi). ... It is quite evident that the current western form of education still use some aspect of the great philosophers' ideas in conducting their scientific researches. This among oth...

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Plato believes in a universal concept that art is an imitation of an ideal form. Plato disregards art as a form of literature due to the lack of authenticity. ... The arts are a form of literature, and like all literature, they evoke emotions. ... My point is that all literature evokes these emotions, meaning that no form of art is more harmful than another. ... Although he openly opposed art, he seemed to talk about it constantly. ...

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Oyelade regularly explored Art Museums all across his newly settled home, in the National Heritage Memorial Fund's exhibition of Renaissance Artwork he saw Sir Joshua Reynold's Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers (ca. 1769) during a visit to Archbishop Tenison's. "That trip formed my beliefs of the importance to change the perspective of the young before they've had their minds set a certain way," Oyelade recalls, adding that his view of his own community developed and was altered through the interpretation of Sir Joshua Reynold's piece of Art. ... ...

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Gorgias believes oratory to be an art form. ... Is it an art to speak well and convince others to believe as you do? ... The only way that oratory can be an art form is if there is knowledge instilled in the people who are being targeted. ...

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This proves a contradiction in Plato and Aristotle's beliefs, as in one case he states that an ideal regime would have only a philosopher ruling a state however he disproves his claim by mentioning art forms' need to be censored in order to enhance citizens' political judgment. ... In the republic, Plato believes that through a system of censoring forms of art there would be a trigger to foster unity, loyalty, and care for city along with its citizens. He believes this would be in result of everyone being exposed to common forms of arts such as poems, stories, and songs. ... Cen...

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An example would be the Golden Rectangle, (which is the only rectangle that can form into itself in a mollusk-shell shape until infinity - see below in Fibonacci Numbers section) or the Golden Section. (a line cut at "an extreme and mean ratio" - see below) Note how these simple shapes (i.e. the mollusk- shell,) appear most frequently in nature - snail shells, and even apple-seed stars that form a pentagram, have proportions to Phi. Geometric shapes of these (Golden Ratio) dimensions can also be found in magnificent works of art - and most mathematicians agree, they are magnificent because ...

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Along with these works of writing and art, terms and concepts to define these works were established. ... In literary works such as "The Odyssey", "Allegory of the Cave" and "Antigone", and in such forms as "Sculptures", or the Parthenon, we are able to see these how the Greeks developed these new concept words. ... Ancient Greece was a civilization of great importance, giving new life to world literature, architecture, and art....

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I share the opinion of the majority of the world in thinking that democracy is the best form of government. ... This form of government works well in the United States because there are many different kinds of people and different groups that vote in different ways. ... Another good part of democracy is the art of compromise. ...

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During a time when monarchies and other forms of class-ranking governments dominated the western cultures, Athens was among the first, and certainly the most famous, to introduce a new form of government in which the citizens held the power: democracy. ... He stated, Naturally, since the smallest amount of intemperance and injustice, together with the highest scrupulousness in the pursuit of excellence, is to be found in the ranks of the better class, while within the ranks of the People will be found the greatest amount of ignorance, disorderliness, rascality- (The "Old Oligarch", p. 105) ...

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During a time when monarchies and other forms of class-ranking governments dominated the western cultures, Athens was among the first, and certainly the most famous, to introduce a new form of government in which the citizens held the power: democracy. ... He stated, Naturally, since the smallest amount of intemperance and injustice, together with the highest scrupulousness in the pursuit of excellence, is to be found in the ranks of the better class, while within the ranks of the People will be found the greatest amount of ignorance, disorderliness, rascality- (The "Old Oligarch", p. 105) ...

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In a sense we break free from our physical forms and now are an essence that is free to explore new worlds. ... Plato considered shadows, art and poetry, what you see is not necessarily what you get. With poetry and art you may be able to read the words but you may not understand the "real" meaning. ... The Forms showed us that even though we can see something does not mean we can see all of it and just because we cannot see something does not mean it does not exist. ...

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Art to him consists of imitation from another imitation from another imitation and so on. ... Music affects everyone differently and while Plato's ideal city was protected from any "evil" amounting from music, I think that his ideals probably caused a form of evil - rebellion for expression? ...

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However, even the ravages of time cannot alter the timeless art of philosophy. ... Using an argument from opposites, Socrates formed a logical proof for life after death. ... However, unlike Plato, the soul is not sent back to earth to take the form of another living creature. ... Socrates argues this point by using the theory of forms. ... They had many differing views, ranging from Plato's theory of forms and arguments from opposites and affinity to Augustine's search for the form of God. ...

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Everyone is assigned one art to perform to the highest ability for the greater good of the community. ... As for the third point, he completely disagrees with Plato as he believes that individual happiness is what matters the most. "...to play in order to be serious; for amusement is a form of rest, and since we cannot work continuously we need rest" (Aristotle,1176B)." ... To abridge his criticisms and beliefs that were mentioned, Aristotle has contested that not only knowledge but also action is needed for virtue and thus happiness, that the virtues are not connected or linked in any way, an...

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The problem of interpretation stems from the fact that Plato chose to express philosophical views in dialogue form and that any philosophical views put forth in the dialogues are expressed by characters and not directly by the author himself. ... The Republic is about Plato's ideal form of a republic. ... " In practice Platonic criticism is part of an extensive approach to literature, involving an examination of the moral, ethical, and historical effects of a work of art especially in his work in the Republic. ... In his writing, Phaedrus he states that one needs to alter one'...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. ... Plato founded the Academy and came up with a new form of literature, dialogues and speech. ...

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"The Love of Wisdom", as translated from Greek, the art and the science of philosophy was born in ancient Greece and since then has found its way to Western and other civilizations. ... Greek ideal, combination of idealized ancient Greek philosophies, has thus been formed. ...

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., philosophers like Plato and Aristotle studied the art of rhetoric, and realized its true linguistic power. ... Once again, in the Art of Rhetoric, Aristotle demonstrates the importance of truthful rhetoric but this time in judicial context. ...

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