Every person strives for beauty. That’s why many people, when arranging their “nest,” place figurines on chests of drawers and flowerpots on window sills. They also “decorate” the walls with paintings.
These works of painting not only bring aesthetic pleasure, but also have a huge impact on a person.
“Communication” with works made with paints on canvas improves health and improves a person’s psycho-emotional state. And both when contemplating paintings and when creating them.
How exactly art of painting affects a person, the editors of the online publication’s website will tell you in more detail.
The art of painting is a powerful tool for personal development
Pictures have a positive effect on brain function
By drawing, we thereby activate brain function. The same thing happens if we simply look at works of art. Neuroscientists came to this conclusion after conducting an electroencephalogram of the brain.
Drawing pictures and contemplating them uses both hemispheres of the brain. By forcing the gyrus to work with high activity, these activities develop concentration, improve analytical thinking, and also slow down the aging process of the brain.
Therefore it is not surprising why painting and visiting art galleries are recommended for older people.
Painting is the best cure for physical ailments and mental disorders
After conducting numerous observations, scientists discovered that art of painting has a positive effect on a person’s well-being. Thus, being surrounded by paintings relieves headaches and other unpleasant sensations, calms the nervous system, and heals mental wounds.
In addition, using paint on canvas and viewing works of figurative art prevents nervous breakdowns, and also relieves such frequent “guests” of our time as worries, anxiety, stress and depression.
Some medical institutions even treat with “creativity,” inviting patients to express their negative emotions using paints on a sheet of paper.
Fine art fills a person with various emotions
So, if a picture is painted in light colors, it reflects kindness, love and sincerity, then a person will absorb all these emotions and will certainly give them to others.
According to scientists, each painting has its own energy, which affects the subconscious, and sometimes changes thoughts and even worldview.
And if the picture, on the contrary, carries negative energy: everything on the canvas is depicted in dark and dull colors, negative thoughts and aggression predominate, then the person will be filled with the same bad emotions and will begin to splash them out on others to his detriment.
The art of painting is comparable to falling in love
It turns out that by contemplating the paintings of great artists, you can get the same emotions that are present when falling in love. Scientists at London College came to this conclusion.
While studying the brain, they discovered that when looking at an object visual arts and the presence of a loved one nearby, the same areas in the brain are activated that evoke the emotions of falling in love.
At the same time, there is a surge of dopamine, a hormone that gives a feeling of satisfaction and pleasant sensations.
To confirm this theory, neurobiology professor Semir Zeki conducted a study. Its essence was that he showed volunteers paintings by great artists. Looking at them, the subjects increased blood flow to those parts of the brain that are responsible for the feeling of love.
The paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet and Sandro Botticelli had a particularly powerful influence.
“Beauty will save the world” - this phrase of the great writer F.M. Dostoevsky was said in one of his works not by chance. Indeed art of painting gives aesthetic pleasure. And along with it, it relieves pain, stress and depression.
In addition, the creation and contemplation of paintings promotes self-development and self-improvement, instills a love of beauty, and also gives a variety of shades of emotions, regardless of what is depicted on the canvas: landscape, portrait, still life or abstraction.
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Every person realizes that medicine and education have a powerful impact on us. We are directly dependent on these areas of life. But few would admit that art has an equally important influence. Nevertheless, it is so. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of art in our lives.
What is art?
There are many definitions in various dictionaries. Somewhere they write that art is an image (or the process of creating it) that expresses the artist’s view of the world. Sometimes a person cannot express in words what he can draw.
In another interpretation, this is the process of creativity, creating something. Realization of the need to make the world a little more beautiful.
Art is also a way of understanding the world. For example, for a child who, by drawing or singing songs, remembers new words.
On the other hand, it is a social process of human interaction with society and with himself. This concept is so ambiguous that it is impossible to say in which part of our life it is present and in which it is not. Let's consider the arguments: the influence of art on a person is noticeable in the spiritual sphere of our lives. After all, it is under its influence that what we call morality and education is formed.
Types of art and its influence on human life
What's the first thing that comes to mind? Painting? Music? Ballet? All this is art, like photography, circus, decorative arts, sculpture, architecture, pop and theater. The list can still be expanded. With each decade, genres develop and new ones are added, as humanity does not stand still.
Here is one of the arguments: the influence of art on a person’s life is expressed in the love of fairy tales. One of the most influential forms is literature. Reading surrounds us since childhood. When we are very little, mother reads fairy tales to us. Girls and boys are taught the rules of behavior and type of thinking using the example of fairy-tale heroines and heroes. In fairy tales we learn what is good and what is bad. At the end of such works there is a moral that teaches us what to do.
At school and university, we read obligatory works of classical authors, which contain more complex thoughts. Here the characters make us think and ask ourselves questions. Each direction in art pursues its own goals, they are very diverse.
Functions of art: additional arguments
The influence of art on a person is vast, it has various functions and purposes. One of the main goals is educational. The same moral at the end of the fairy tale. The aesthetic function is obvious: works of art are beautiful and develop taste. Close to this is the hedonic function - to bring pleasure. Some literary works often have a predictive function, remember the Strugatsky brothers and their science fiction novels. Another very important function is compensatory. From the word “compensation”, when artistic reality replaces the main one for us. Here we are often talking about mental trauma or life difficulties. When we turn on our favorite music to forget ourselves, or go to the cinema to escape from unpleasant thoughts.
Or another argument - the influence of art on a person through music. Hearing a song that is symbolic for oneself, someone may decide to take an important action. If we move away from the academic meaning, the influence of art on a person’s life is very great. It gives inspiration. When a man saw a beautiful painting at an exhibition, he came home and started painting.
Let's consider another argument: the influence of art on a person can be seen in how hand-made goods are actively developing. People are not only imbued with a sense of beauty, but are also ready to create masterpieces with their own hands. Various areas of body art and tattoos - the desire to create a work of art on your skin.
Art around us
Has anyone ever thought, when decorating their apartment and thinking through the design, that at the moment you can notice the influence of art on you? Making furniture or accessories is part of arts and crafts. Selection of colors, harmonious shapes and ergonomics of space - this is exactly what designers study. Or another example: when you were choosing a dress in a store, you gave preference to the one that was correctly cut and thought out by the fashion designer. At the same time, fashion houses are not modest, trying to influence your choice with bright advertising videos. Video is also part of art. That is, while watching advertising, we are also under its influence. This is also an argument; the influence of true art on a person nevertheless reveals itself in higher spheres. Let's consider them too.
The influence of art on humans: arguments from literature
Literature influences us infinitely. Let us remember how in Leo Tolstoy’s brilliant work “War and Peace” Natasha Rostova sang for her brother and healed him of despair.
Another elegant example of how painting can save a life was described by O. Henry in the story “The Last Leaf.” The sick girl decided that she would die when the last ivy leaf outside the window fell. She did not wait for her last day, since the leaf was drawn for her on the wall by an artist.
Another example of the influence of art on a person (arguments from literature are very revealing) is the main character of Ray Bradbury’s work “Smile,” who saves the painting with Mona Lisa, believing in its great significance. Bradbury wrote a lot about the power of creativity, he argued that only by reading books can a person become educated.
The image of a child with a book in his hands haunts many artists, in particular there are several wonderful paintings with the same title “Boy with a Book.”
The Right Influence
Like any influence, art can also be negative and positive. Some modern works are depressing and do not convey much aestheticism. Not all films teach good things. We need to be especially careful about content that influences our children. The correct selection of things around us, music, movies and even clothes will provide us with a good mood and instill the right taste.
Report
On the topic “How Art influences our lives”
Prepared by Danila Ivanov 9”A” class
Ekaterinburg – November 10, 2016
Art- This is a kind of reflection of the true essence of a person. And it doesn’t matter at all whether he is a great artist or a connoisseur of painting.
The power of true art lies primarily in its impact on the inner world of a person. Agree, one picture can cause a lot of experiences and impressions, which, among other things, can be quite contradictory.
Means of art and its types
First of all, you should decide on the types of art, and there are quite a large number of them. So, main types of art: music, literature, painting, theater, cinema, sculpture, architecture, photography, as well as decorative and applied arts, graphics and much more.
How does art work?
The exact sciences are dispassionate, unlike music or painting, which can evoke a lot of emotions and experiences. Only true masterpieces can contribute to the formation of a special worldview and perception of the surrounding reality. Expressive means of art deserve special attention (rhythm, proportion, shape, tone, texture, etc.), which allow you to fully appreciate a particular work.
Means of expression in art are not intended only to evoke a specific feeling. These methods are intended for more global goals - to form a special inner world of a person who is able to see beauty and create something similar. Speaking about the influencing force of this phenomenon, we cannot limit ourselves to the concepts of good and evil.
Art shapes a person’s inner world, teaches him to distinguish between the concepts of good and evil, to reason about life, as well as to structure his thoughts and even see the world in a multifaceted aspect. Books immerse you in a completely different world of dreams and fantasies, shape a person as a person, and also make you think about many things and take a different look at seemingly ordinary situations.
The influence of various types of art on human life Music
Music can have a wide variety of influences on a person. For some, it can serve as a means of peace and relaxation, and for others it will become a stimulus and impetus for further action. For example, music helps a person in terms of work and creativity. Does music help a person concentrate? Yes and no! In general, in order for a person to concentrate on something, it is not necessary to listen to music, because complete silence is good for better concentration. And this applies to most of us. However, some people in the process of work, in order to think and make important decisions, need some kind of background. The sounds of music help them not only concentrate, but also improve mental performance. To improve results, athletes can be advised to listen to fast-tempo music during intense training, and slow music during breaks. For office workers (or those who work remotely) who believe that music helps a person in their work, the advice is this: if you really need music while working, it is advisable to listen to music that does not contain words.
Music also affects a person's mood. The way music helps a person cope with difficult life situations is hardly comparable to any other influence of external factors. Music can create and maintain the right mood. It helps you relax (it’s not surprising that after work, the first thing some people do when they cross the threshold of their own home is to turn on their favorite compositions), or, on the contrary, it can charge you with energy.
In the morning, it is better to listen to upbeat and rhythmic music; it will help you wake up and make you jump out of bed in the desire to change your life for the better. Also, cheerful and energetic music influences the human psyche and makes him change sadness to joy, and sadness to optimism and love of life.
Calm and smooth music will help you relax and calm down, take your mind off everyday worries, reduce the number of thoughts in your head and focus on self-regulation. Slow and relaxing music affects a person as a sleeping pill, so if you suffer from insomnia and you don’t know how to fall asleep quickly, use this fact.
Moreover, scientists have long come to the conclusion that music is an excellent secondary means of rehabilitating patients and an excellent opportunity to achieve peace of mind. This is why music is often played in hospital wards, thus strengthening faith in a speedy recovery.
Painting
The influencing power of art is the greatest power that can radically change a person’s worldview and significantly influence the formation of his inner world. A riot of colors, rich colors and harmoniously selected shades, smooth lines and large-scale volumes - all these are means of fine art.
Scientists have confirmed the beneficial effects of works of fine art and painting on human mental health. And it doesn’t matter what you see in front of you – a portrait, still life or landscape. Contemplation of painting takes away all worries and improves well-being.
Observing painting helps improve well-being and helps get rid of negative emotions, worries, stress and depression. It has also been proven that those people who surround themselves with paintings significantly reduce their feelings of anxiety and fear (for some phobias, painting plays the role of a kind of psychotherapeutic method).
But the most powerful impact on a person’s emotional state and his psyche as a whole is exerted not so much by the perception of beauty as by the process of creating such a creation. Thanks to painting, you can form a lasting tendency to reduce chronic pain.
From different paintings, drawings, photographs there will be so-called common energy, which can influence a person’s subconscious, which can contribute to changing his thoughts and worldview. As a result, people’s very actions and behaviors can naturally change. This total energy consists of the following elements:
- color range;
- images and plot;
- artist's energy.
When choosing a painting, you should pay attention to all these elements. One cannot help but pay attention to a beautiful painting, and the energy it emits can not only shape a person’s inner world, but also perfectly change his life for the better. Therefore, a person should surround himself with beautiful paintings and contemplate beauty!
Poetry and prose
Masterpieces of world classics are a huge number of amazing works that, to one degree or another, influenced the life of almost every person. Drama, tragedy, poetry, poems and odes - all this was reflected to varying degrees in the soul of everyone who was able to touch the works of the classics. The impact of art on a person - in particular literature - is multifaceted. So, for example, in troubled times, writers with their poems called on the people to fight, and with their novels they carried the reader into a completely different world, filled with different colors and characters.
Today, reading and understanding poetry and prose is a real art that requires special effort. Most of the poets of the “silver” and “golden” ages left unsurpassed examples of art, which today are the most revered among the entire population of the planet.
A very important aspect when reading any literary work of poetry is its understanding and feeling. For example, the poetry of nature is not a temple, but a real workshop, which cannot be understood without feeling all the beauty of the surrounding world. And accordingly, if you do not understand poetry, it cannot in any way influence your life, change it, make it more perfect.
Music, literature, fine arts are an integral part of the culture of a person and the society in which he lives. Thanks to all this, a person not only receives aesthetic pleasure, he improves, develops spiritually and finds peace of mind. Art can create miracles
The ancient Greek thinker Aristotle believed that the ability of art to influence the spiritual world of man is based on imitation of reality. Highly appreciating literary creativity, Aristotle assigned a special role to tragedy. He considered the purpose of the tragedy catharsis(from the Greek katharsis - purification), purification of the soul through empathy for the heroes. Going through catharsis, a person rises spiritually.
The history of artistic culture has recorded many cases when the perception of a work of art served as an incentive to perform certain actions, sometimes to change the way of life. Art influences not just one human ability or aspect of spiritual life, but the spiritual world of man as a whole. It influences the entire system of human attitudes. Thus, the exciting sounds of the song “Holy War” raised peaceful Soviet people to a mortal battle with the fascist brown plague.
The famous Danish physicist Niels Bohr wrote: “The reason why art can enrich us is its ability to remind us of harmonies beyond the reach of systematic analysis.” In art, in a special artistic form, universal, eternal problems are illuminated: what is good and evil, love, freedom, personal dignity, what is a person’s calling and duty.
Introduction to art encourages a person to comprehend his life attitudes and values, and to better understand his problems. Often fictional characters are perceived as real people from whom you can learn a lot, and with whom you can even consult. Thanks to art, a person gets the opportunity to live many different lives and learn lessons for himself from them. Reading a book or watching a movie, we are transported into the world of images they create, which prompt us to think, give rise to experiences,
memories and premonitions. In this way, each of them joins the values of culture, absorbs the experience accumulated by humanity.
Aesthetic attitude to the world.Aesthetics(from the Greek aisthetikos - related to sensory perception) is one of the philosophical disciplines that studies a person’s relationship to the world based on ideas about the beautiful and the ugly, the sublime and the base, etc. Aesthetics also studies the sphere of artistic activity of people.
In our life, the beautiful and the ugly, the heroic, the sublime and the base, the tragic and the comic really coexist. We express our aesthetic appreciation when we say: “What a beautiful day!” At the same time, the heart is filled with a feeling of joy from the warm sun, the first soft green leaves on the trees, and the singing of birds. Or we say: “What wonderful words!” And this means that the words we heard not only warmed our soul, but also filled us with a sense of beauty with their sound. At the same time, we also notice the ugly, the base, which causes us a feeling of grief and rejection. It is unpleasant for us when we see dirt on the street, when the harmony of human relationships is disturbed. When buying clothes, making repairs in the house, even preparing food, we are guided not only by considerations of practicality and usefulness. We also want it to be beautiful.
Beautiful is a central concept in aesthetics. All its other concepts are somehow related to beauty, expressing different facets of the sensory perception of the world and the aesthetic assessment of its phenomena. We call phenomena that have the highest perfection and undeniable aesthetic value beautiful.
Aesthetic attitude to the world- this is his sensory perception associated with the need of people to build life in accordance with the laws of beauty, the desire to make life beautiful. The sphere of aesthetic includes seoya aesthetic consciousness And aesthetic activity. 200
Leonardo da Vinci. Mona Lisa (c. 1503)
Aesthetic consciousness has three levels:
Aesthetic perception;
Aesthetic taste (system of aesthetic attitudes and ideals of the individual);
Aesthetic theories (philosophically meaningful aesthetic experience of humanity).
Everyone knows the saying “There are no comrades according to taste.” It means that our aesthetic perception of the world is subjective, individual and unique. What seems beautiful to one may seem completely ugly to another.
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Sometimes we say about a person: “He has taste.” At the same time, we single out a person with a sense of taste, rather, not by reasoning, but on the basis of direct perception of his behavior and appearance. We appreciate that
how he dresses, what kind of interior he lives in, how he behaves, how he speaks, etc.
Aesthetic taste- this is a person’s ability, on the basis of an emerging feeling of pleasure or displeasure, to distinguish the beautiful from the ugly in art and reality, to give an aesthetic assessment of various phenomena, objects, and events.
Aesthetic taste develops through the experience of communicating with the beautiful in nature and in people, as well as through acquaintance with works of art. If from childhood a person hears nothing but musical vulgarity, he is unlikely to be able to perceive and appreciate classical music and develop his musical taste. Aesthetic taste is easily instilled in a child in a family where politeness and respect for each other, a love of cleanliness and neatness are established, and where swear words are not used in communication. And vice versa, in an atmosphere of foul language, rudeness, and cruelty, it is very difficult to form aesthetic taste.
Bad taste manifests itself in different ways. A person with bad taste mistakes external beauty, loudness and tackiness for true beauty. For people with undeveloped taste, it is typical to gravitate towards what is catchy, easy to understand and does not require thought or effort. Such people are more satisfied with purely entertaining works of art, art of primitive forms. Often we also have to deal with a claim to the only correct aesthetic assessment, with a disdainful attitude towards the artistic preferences of other people. Really good taste requires modesty.
Spheres of aesthetic activity.Aesthetic activity- this is the spiritual activity of a person, which involves, first of all, the creation of works of art, their perception and judgment about them. The spheres of aesthetic activity also include the aesthetics of nature, the aesthetics of work, everyday life, and human relationships.
Aesthetic activity is carried out according to the laws of beauty. Thanks to it, a person enters into an aesthetic relationship with the surrounding reality. He cheats, 202
improves and develops his abilities and his inner, spiritual world as a whole.
Aesthetics of nature. The beauty of the world around us has always excited man's imagination and awakened his feelings. Admiration for the beauty of nature inspires people to create works of art. Let us recall, for example, “The Seasons” by the Italian composer A. Vivaldi or the wonderful landscapes of I. Levitan, I. Shishkin, and our fellow countryman V. Byalynitsky-Biruli. People have an inherent desire to transform nature. An example of this is gardening art. We ourselves also belong to nature. When decorating it, we must take care of our own beauty, the development of flexibility, the plasticity of our body, the harmony of voice and gesture.
V. K. Byalynitsky-Birulya. Spring Waters (1930)
Aesthetics of work. For a long time, people have strived to make labor tools and household utensils not only convenient and practical, but also beautiful (ornament on ceramic pots, painted vases, carved platbands, etc.). In modern labor aesthetics, design occupies a special place - Artistic design of aesthetic appearance
industrial products. Much attention is paid to the aesthetic design of workplaces.
Aesthetics of everyday life. Everyday life is an important part of human life, covering the world of everyday activities not related to production. By organizing meals, recreation, entertainment, communicating with each other, decorating their homes or clothes, people in fact realize aesthetic ideals and values that are developed by society and are fully accepted by them.
Aesthetics of human relations. The sphere of communication and human relations is the area where the aesthetic perception of the world merges with the moral. Beauty here is usually associated with good, and ugliness with evil. Beauty of behavior presupposes the manifestation of a friendly, respectful attitude towards a person. It is closely related to the culture of speech and general education. Politeness and following the rules of etiquette help build truly human relationships and make our communication attractive and worthy. Business communication usually involves following strict rules. In informal communication (within family, among friends), people express their emotions more freely, using expressive facial expressions, various gestures, intonations, etc. If a person is accustomed to swear words, if he cannot express himself other than by shouting or insults, then this speaks of a lack of aesthetic culture and simply bad manners. In communication, it is important to find aesthetically and morally acceptable forms of expressing one’s thoughts and feelings.
Questions and tasks
1 . What is the specificity of art? 2. What types of art do you know? How are they different? 3. What does aesthetics study? What concepts does she use? 4. How does aesthetic taste develop? 5. Name the main areas of aesthetic activity. What are the features of the manifestation of aesthetic taste in them? 6. What art do you consider modern? 7. What do you understand by classical art and how do you feel about it?
Morality
Social functions of morality. All people in everyday behavior must obey certain rules and norms. Some of these rules and regulations are of a specialized nature (building codes, traffic rules, etc.). Morality regulates the behavior of people in all areas of life.
Legal norms, laws, job descriptions, charters of organizations, customs, traditions, and public opinion play an important role in people’s lives. All these forms of social influence on the behavior of an individual are related to morality, but do not completely coincide with it. The peculiarity of morality is that it is internal regulator of behavior.
So, the first and fundamental social function of morality is regulatory The universality of morality as a regulator of human behavior does not lie in the fact that it contains clear instructions for all occasions. Morality gives, rather, the most general instructions, for example, it prescribes being kind to people. This is not a recipe, following which can bring some benefit, but a call to be human not only in appearance, but also in essence.
A moral act is performed not under coercion, but because of a person’s own conviction. Therefore, the second function of morality is to cultivate in each person a sense of self-worth that does not allow him to commit base, unworthy acts. This function can be called educational.
The moral character of a person is its holistic characteristic, covering or affecting everything that a person does, thinks about, and lives with. Human morality is, in fact, synonymous with humanity. Morality indicates to each of us in which direction our spiritual development should occur in order for the humanity in us to grow, strengthen, and not degrade.
Moral regulation of people’s behavior also performs another very important function - unity, consolidation society. Globalization processes lead to the fact that the world social system becomes unstable,
it constantly experiences conflicts and upheavals, the consequences of which can be large-scale. Under these conditions, it is easy to lose your head, get confused and begin to take inappropriate actions.
We are witnessing with our own eyes the weakening of social ties between people, the loss of the sense of human solidarity. Only reliance on morality can save us from trouble and prevent it from happening again in the 21st century. social catastrophes that marked the last century. In conditions of a social crisis, cold calculation does not always suggest the best way to solve complex social problems. Morality contains an unconditional prohibition on inhumane actions that humiliate human dignity and threaten the life and health of people. This can be seen as manifestations humanizing social function of morality.
The moral function of art. Art is rightly called human studies. In literary works, music, and painting, the human essence is revealed in an artistic and figurative form, and moral and other problems of people’s lives are discussed. Art helps a person to realize and understand himself myself and other people, to comprehend their moral duty.
In the images of art, the plots of works of art, perhaps the most important thing is a person’s search for the meaning of life, true values, the struggle between good and evil, the clash of desire and duty. All artistic creativity is permeated with moral quests. Art influences human morality not by preaching, but by depicting situations in which the heroes of works must make moral choices. Thus, many literary heroes and film characters come across the selfish selfishness of some people, the indifference or moral blindness of others, and in a difficult struggle pave the way to a new moral position, to their own interpretation of good and evil, duty, responsibility. The hero, as it were, experiments in relation to the moral foundations of life and forces viewers, readers, listeners to think through the content of these experiments and draw their own conclusions. 206
K. P. Bryullov. The Last Day of Pompeii (1833)
Through the means of art it is possible even to give evil an outwardly attractive form, to convey to error the external signs of truth. However, this does not relieve any of us from the responsibility for the correct interpretation of these plots, since we are free in our assessment and moral choice.
The relationship between religion and morality. Each religion is based on certain moral ideals, the exponents of which can be God himself, his messengers, holy ascetics, etc. Let us consider the relationship between moral and religious norms using the example of Christianity. The main way to establish Christian moral standards was their inclusion in the text of the Bible. These norms are of the highest importance for Christians, because their source is considered to be the will of God.
The main positive moral norm here is the requirement of a humane attitude towards people. The Gospels contain two different formulations of it. First - “As you want people to do to you, do so too.”
with them” - can be called the golden rule of morality. It is both a requirement to do good and a criterion of morality, a way to find out which action is good and which is bad. The second formulation, containing the requirement of humanism, sounds like this: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
The Bible also enshrines many other moral standards: do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not lie (more precisely, do not bear false witness), honor your father and mother, feed the hungry, do not insult people, do not be angry with people in vain, make peace with those with whom quarreled, etc.
Religion does not create anew moral standards for people's lives, but can help strengthen them, reinforcing them with its authority. However, religious faith does not relieve a person of responsibility for his moral choice, for the morality of his actions.
MBOU secondary school No. 5 of the city of Kropotkin
Municipal district Kavkazsky district of Krasnodar region
Public lesson
in fine arts
on this topic:
in 9th grade.
Teacher Koroleva A.D.
2016
The purpose of the lesson:
Show children how works of art can influence the human psyche (positive and negative aspects)
Introduce children to one of the healing methods of art - art therapy
To develop an interest in fine arts and a desire to participate in the creative process.
Material: presentation, student reports.
During the classes:
(slide No. 1 – topic of the lesson)
Teacher:
Today in class we will talk about the influence of works of fine art on the human psyche.
(slide 2 – quote)
Teacher:
The English writer Oscar Wilde has this saying: “Art is a mirror that reflects the one who looks into it, and not life at all.” And today we will try to prove it. Students in your class have prepared interesting information on this matter. Let's listen to them.
Fine art and mental processes are a very interesting and still little studied topic in modern psychology. Almost nothing is known about the influence of the visual arts of great masters on the mental state of viewers. Until recently, specialists in the field of the theory of psychological knowledge have paid insufficient attention to this issue. In the last decade, the prestige of fine art has noticeably increased among specialists in the helping professions: psychologists, teachers, doctors, social workers. They readily dictate that art undoubtedly has a significant influence on the formation and functioning of an individual personality. The nature of the attitude of a modern person to art, the activity of consumption and orientation reflect the structure of his personality at a given moment in life and give an integral idea of \u200b\u200bthe person as a whole. It is the ethical taste, assessment, choice, interest, preference or rejection of a work of art that reflects both the innate (temperament, intelligence) and acquired (cultural) parameters of his personal structure. In addition to the influence of fashion, spontaneous hobbies, normative and cultural factors, certain, stable inclinations appear in ethical perception. One person is characterized by a preference for joyful, major works of art, while for others, on the contrary, minor, complex, with philosophical overtones or light, sentimental, entertaining ones. One gives preference to form, the other strives to go deeper into the content. “Sometimes we can tell in advance exactly how a person we know will react to a certain film or book, who should and who should not be recommended to visit this or that exhibition. It has long been noticed that people with a similar psychological make-up like the same works of art. Sometimes There are circumstances when the same person, being in such a state of mind, is not sensitive to the effects of works of art and is not capable of aesthetic perception, and sometimes vice versa.
(slide No. 3 – reproduction of I. Repin, “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan”)
Teacher:
I would like to cite as an example the work of Ilya Repin “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan”; note how the artist reveals the poignancy of the plot, how he reliably conveys the feelings of a father who lost his only son.
Question:
1. What techniques does the artist use for this? (tone, color, construction of perspective).
2. How does viewing this picture make you feel?
Teacher:
- The artist conveyed his inner state with great accuracy - painful tension, fear of death, which led to depression Appearing for the first time at the Tretyakov Gallery, it made a colossal impression on the viewer. The reason for this was that they hung it in a narrow, long room. From the door to the painting you had to walk along a red carpet. The dim lighting of the candle...and it seemed that you had entered the room where a murder had been committed... (In the picture, the floor is covered with a red carpet...) The combination of red and black has an exciting effect on the psyche. The last visitor, an Old Believer, stood at the painting for a long time. And with a cry: “Enough blood!” attacked the painting and cut it. But this case is not isolated.
The curator of the Tretyakov Gallery, Khrustalev, often lingered near the canvas and became immersed in thought. And here is the result: during night duty, he hanged himself. I believe this is a negative impact of the picture on the weakened human psyche.
(slide number 4 – Edvard Munch)
Student:
The artist conveyed his inner state with great accuracy - painful tension, fear of death, which led to depression.
This work was named by the artist “The Scream”, 1983 and is located in the Art Museum in Oslo. Crowds of people stand around this painting for hours; it leaves them in shock. How do you feel about what you saw?
(slide No. 5 – V. Gog.)
The Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was accompanied throughout his life by poverty, the malicious mistrust of others and misunderstanding on their part. The artist’s emotional experiences were reflected in many of his paintings. Did the use of cold tones and new techniques shock his contemporaries?
What impression did viewing this picture cause in your soul?
(slide No. 6 – paintings by Russian landscape painters)
Teacher:
Guys, a picture doesn’t have to traumatize the psyche, it can delight the soul and touch us to the depths of our souls. Such works include works by famous Russian artists: Shishkin, Vasiliev, Levitan. The beauty of nature conveyed by them brings relief to the soul. Their paintings are distinguished by a deep lyrical feeling.
(slide number 7 – art therapy)
Treatment and restoration of the nervous system using art in the scientific lexicon sounds like art therapy. This term appeared in the 80s. Scientists rely on outstanding discoveries in the field of psychoanalysis.
Of particular interest is the thesis about the perception and experience of works of art by the artist himself, on the one hand, and by the viewer, on the other. A thoughtful, sensitive viewer perceives a work of art and enters into co-creation. It is this phenomenon of transformation of the viewer’s soul, its departure from the unreal world of poetry and art that art therapy takes as its basis. By influencing the human psyche, a work of art excites emotions that lead to an explosion, a discharge of nervous energy.
(slide number 8 - view of the hospital)
Student #1:
-All this prompted the creation of an art gallery in the surgical department of the Republican Clinical Hospital. G.G. Kuvatova. Artist E.A. provided great assistance in creating the gallery. Vinokurov. Mostly works by artists from Bashkortostan are exhibited: landscapes, still lifes, portraits. The effect of the exhibition is amazing. Once, a 79-year-old patient, looking at the landscape works of the artist Ramil Latypov, said to the doctor: “These paintings give me warmth and a desire to see my household, which cannot be without me for so long. Many thanks to the artist, who, like a doctor, brought relief to my soul.” Observing the reaction of patients to the works of artists made it possible to notice the relationship between color preference and the internal state of a person.
(slide No. 9 – works of artists exhibited in the hospital)
In seriously ill patients, the color red causes irritation, while recovering patients are pleased with the works of artists in which there is a lot of red, yellow and orange colors. All this confirms the feasibility of using art therapy in the treatment of patients. The art gallery of the Republican Clinical Hospital serves this purpose.
Student #2:
The mechanism of influence of a work of art on a person is its impact on the senses. We have a feeling of admiration and pleasure when we see pictures in warm colors and joy covers us. We cannot always explain why we like or dislike this or that work. Works of the realistic genre activate the psyche and interest in life. Art opens up a wonderful world to a person, filled with colors and sounds that captivate the soul. It acts on him like medicine. It is not for nothing that the main principle of healing is the ancient expression - “Treat not the disease, but the patient.” This shows the kinship between medicine and art. During difficult, critical moments in life, we often turn to art, which not only temporarily distracts us from problems, but also allows us to look at them differently, comprehend them, and experience them. When we are in an art gallery, at a concert, or expressing ourselves through creativity (playing a musical instrument, drawing, etc.), art becomes a rich source of self-knowledge, joy, strength and health.
Teacher:
Guys, let's summarize: what functions does art perform?
Question answer):
-Cognitive .
(It is a means of enlightening and educating people. The information contained in art expands our knowledge about the world)
- Worldview.
(Expresses feelings and ideas in artistic form)
- Educational.
(Influences people through aesthetic ideals, allows you to enrich yourself with the experience of other people)
- Aesthetic.
(Forms the aesthetic tastes of people’s needs)
- Hedonistic.
(Gives people pleasure, makes them involved in creativity)
- Communicative.
(Art passes information from generation to generation)
- Prognostic.
(Works of art sometimes have elements of foreshadowing)
- Medical and health.
(For example, music can have such an effect)
- Compensatory.
(The influence of art on the human psyche allows him to survive in the most difficult conditions).
- Teacher:
Our lesson is coming to an end. I would like to remind you once again that art heals a person with color, tone, rhythm, melody, and the work techniques of a doctor and an artist are in many ways similar.