Chapter 632: Pretending ≠ art.
clap clap clap!
The students applauded.
In fact, all this knowledge is available in books, but it is not mentioned so emphatically, and it is told slowly like a narrative.
It’s hard to notice without refining it.
This time when Li Jinglin brought it up, the students really understood it.
Mona Lisa's smile.
Is this painting really good-looking?
A nice looking hammer.
It may not be that ugly, but if you listen to many online rumors about "the most beautiful smile in the world", many people will even doubt their own aesthetics.
Because, from an aesthetic point of view.
Speaking of it.
"Because Mona Lisa's smile is beautiful because her smile broke the restrictions and restraints of religion on thought. Leonardo da Vinci was under considerable moral and social pressure and took the first step in artistic breakthrough. step."
The most important thing is the liberation of the mind.
"Clap clap clap!"
Unfortunately, after this kind of knowledge spreads, many people who actually don’t understand art but want to rely on art to gain a sense of superiority follow the same advice as those who think they understand art.
It’s not just the choice of characters, the posture of the characters, the liberation of painting ideas.
Those who say "Mona Lisa's smile is so beautiful" from the bottom of their hearts are not talking about how beautiful her smile is, or how good-looking she is.
Even in the painting technology, a very bold breakthrough has been made.
As expected, Li Jinglin opened his mouth, and the crowd laughed at him as soon as he opened his mouth.
In fact, they themselves don't know what they are talking about.
However, its biggest core is still the perspective of "breaking through the constraints".
This is why the Mona Lisa is so famous.
"If anyone interprets your aesthetic orientation, appearance, mystery of smile, etc. as outrageous and retarded, please feel free to laugh at them."
You can even feel emotional about this painting.
Amidst the applause, Li Jinglin smiled.
Li Jinglin shook his head.
Is the Mona Lisa really that simple?
Of course not.
In fact, the Mona Lisa herself can only be said to be not ugly, but it certainly cannot be called beautiful or beautiful.
It's because this smile represents a declaration of war against rigidity and breaking through the shackles.
"This is so beautiful!"
"Next time, if anyone compliments the painting of Mona Lisa's smile as being particularly beautiful, you can ask them what's so beautiful about it."
That’s why it looks beautiful.
If you really don’t understand and pretend to understand, just to pretend that Mona Lisa’s smile is beautiful in a literal sense, and ridicule others who think, “I don’t think this Mona Lisa is very pretty.”
This kind of talent is just pretending to be aesthetically pleasing.
As Li Jinglin said.
If it's not a pretense, it's not because of the underlying logic of the painting, but simply that it's beautiful and can even be appreciated at a glance.
Then this kind of person's aesthetics surpasses humans for thousands of years, maybe it is the aesthetics of another parallel world.
"Is this the painting of Mona Lisa's smile, the whole beauty? In fact, it's not necessarily the case. Next, what I want to say is what kind of framework this [breakthrough of restraints] should be placed in."
Li Jinglin patted the desk.
"First of all, you need to be in line with social development trends. Secondly, your breakthroughs need to be in line with people's progressive aesthetic concepts, values, social identity and other aspects." "In other words, you must be [correct], so you are beautiful. , it is definitely not a blind breakthrough that can be called art.”
As soon as these words came out, the students were in an uproar.
Looking at each other, they couldn't help but feel shocked.
Li Jinglin actually openly defined the word "correct" for art in class!
This even feels a bit extreme.
However, Li Jinglin seemed not to see the students' reactions and continued to speak with a smile.
"Perhaps, Leonardo da Vinci's original ideas and expressions were rebellious, but now, is Da Vinci's bold move correct?"
"Obviously, it is extremely correct. On the contrary, those traditional painting methods that were correct back then, in our view now, are shackles that restrict people's thinking."
"Yes, what I want to say is that the judgment of art will change with the development of the times, the progress or regression of morality, and changes in human thoughts and values."
The whispers of the students suddenly stopped.
These students immediately understood what Li Jinglin wanted to express.
He is not defining for everyone what is right and what is wrong.
Instead, tell yourself that whether it is art depends on the ideas it contains, whether it is in line with contemporary values, and whether it is in line with the trend of social progress.
"Teacher, what you mean is whether this is correct or not depends on whether it conforms to modern values."
A classmate raised his hand and asked a question.
"Would this be biased or too subjective?"
I heard this.
Li Jinglin shook his head with a smile.
“If it does not conform to contemporary values and will not conform to progressive trends in the future, it absolutely cannot be called art.”
While talking.
Li Jinglin walked off the podium.
There is no direct definition, but students are asked to start a thought experiment and think on their own initiative.
"You can completely put aside the filter and imagine that if Leonardo da Vinci is still absurd, inconsistent with values, and unreasonable today, will his works still be art? What will we do now? How to judge him?"
"If Leonardo da Vinci's ideas and expressions were very wrong today, then we would not be able to regard him as an artist and his works as works of art. When we talk about Da Vinci, we may still laugh at him. He's a clown."
"There are such people in history. Even if we want to evaluate them objectively, it may be difficult to give them any praise."
Having said this, Li Jinglin clapped his hands seriously.
What he said made the students suddenly realize!
"Everyone says that history has limitations. Don't evaluate past societies from a modern perspective. This makes sense, but you must pay attention. But what this means is, don't use the perspective of modern society to evaluate past societies. into the rationality of ancient society.”
"I am not denying the existence significance of any work in history, but I am elaborating on whether it can still be called art now."
“In modern times, whether past works are dross that should be discarded, or art that continues to spread, must be measured with modern moral and value perspectives. This is called getting rid of the dross guided by modern and future development trends. Take the best of it.”
clap clap clap!
The students clapped.
Even the teacher looked at Li Jinglin with admiration.
Is what Li Jinglin said really just art?
more than.
Li Jinglin just told the students that when they reach college or above, they have passed the time of passively accepting knowledge.
For the knowledge you receive, you must have the ability to think subjectively and dialectically, and you cannot accept it completely.
(End of this chapter)
