The question, "What is Art"? has been a problem and a subject of debate for thousands of years. Great philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and 3rd century philosopher Plotinus, as well as many contemporary philosophers such as Nietzsche, Marx, Wittgenstein, Bell, Collingwood, Dickie, Wollenheim and Barthes have argued its" definition and come up with their own numerous definitions. While the ancient philosophers concentrated more on the idea of the aesthetics (a term not introduced until 1753 by German philosopher Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, even though the study of the nature of beauty had been pursued for centuries), the contemporary philosophers meant to define art, they both have a lot in common as we are faced nowadays with such things as a pile of bricks being entitled art. Anyone who thought about the subject has been forced to consider where the boundaries of art lie. In the following I will use the definitions given by the philosophers to analyse a work of art.
According to Plato and classical aesthetics, what we see on canvas is a second interpretation of an interpretation. He believed that reality consisted of archetypes (forms) and that what we perceive around us is only an imitation of these archetypes, therefore Klimt's Birch Forest is an interpretation of a perfect birch forest, reinterpreted. Aristotle saw it slightly different. He saw such a painting as an imitation of things as they ought to be. He believed that an artist, in this case Klimt, separated the form from the trees and imposed this onto another matter; canvas. He believed that this was a particular representation of an aspect of things and that this was an imitation of the universal whole. In contrast, Plotinus a Neoplatonic philosopher born in Egypt believed that art reveals an object more clearly than is possible in ordinary experience.
Nietzsche believed that art was only for the strong as this was the only thing able to convert the terrors of the universe into beauty and to be contemplated with enjoyment.
Controversial and eclectic are understatements when speaking of Gustav Klimt, but Klimt was nothing short of talented. ... Klimt lived through the evolution of Vienna. ... Gustav Klimt was Art Nouveau. ... Gustav Klimt was Art Nouveau. Gustav Klimt often referred to himself as a decorator. ...
"Birches" exibits no rhythm sceme or specific line length which suggests it is free verse. In the first section of the poem, Frost explains the appearance of the birches. ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). ... After stating that he himself has been "a swinger of birches" (59). ... After he takes a mental vacation into the forest, the adult comes back to reality refreshed, ready for love and ready to face reality again. ...
"Birches" exibits no rhythm sceme or specific line length which suggests it is free verse. In the first section of the poem, Frost explains the appearance of the birches. ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). ... After stating that he himself has been "a swinger of birches" (59). ... After he takes a mental vacation into the forest, the adult comes back to reality refreshed, ready for love and ready to face reality again. ...
"Birches" exibits no rhythm sceme or specific line length which suggests it is free verse. In the first section of the poem, Frost explains the appearance of the birches. ... Initially, the forest scene describes, "crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow crust-- Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away" (10-12). ... After stating that he himself has been "a swinger of birches" (59). ... After he takes a mental vacation into the forest, the adult comes back to reality refreshed, ready for love and ready to face reality again. ...
Most deciduous forests have mild summers averaging about 70 F. ... The 3 I am going to tell you about are the American beech tree, the Guelder rose, and the White Birch. ... The White Birch is a small to medium sized deciduous tree which grows to 70 or 80 feet in height. ... The paper birch has both male and female flowers called catkins. ... People earn a living from the deciduous forest by owning the forest and selling it's logs. ...
"Birches" Robert Frost's theme in the poem "birches" is one of, Life (on earth) is probably the best place to engage in sex and do not wait until you go to heaven. ... Not many girls go into the forest to dry their hair and the "trunks arching in the woods" can either mean trunks of trees or the trunk of a man. ...
In the poem, by Frost, the speaker is literally describing the birches. ... Throughout the poem the speaker describes the droopiness of the birches, possible causes for their appearance, the feelings that the speaker has for the birches, and the effects that the birches have had on the speaker. ... There is no specific rhyme scheme to the poem, Birches, which is considered as free verse. ... In the poem the speaker confesses he wishes to go back to being a swinger of birches. ... In the poem, Birches, the poet thinks back on his childhood when he used to swing upon the birches. ...
Birches Through symbolism and artistic design Robert Frost illustrates the circle of life, death and life again, a kind of reincarnation of the soul in his poem "Birches."" ... The first image that Frost describes to his readers is a realistic picture of birch trees being bent from an ice storm. ... All to often society helps us to forget the pleasure found in merely swinging from the branches of a birch tree. ... He deals with the truth of the bent birches but yet he still reflects back to a boy's innocent childhood experience. ... Robert Frost's poem "Birches- poetically ...
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