The Importance Of Art And Art

Register to read the introduction… It was created to make us more cultural people, despite the amount of money spent or effort invested; it is whatever we find important or whatever makes us happy. It is often said that entertainment is for people who after they get home from work, lie down on the sofa and get their minds off things. Art, on the other hand, is more for someone who wants to get their mind engaged and stimulated. We cannot go to see Rambo III for art, unless we are stupid. Wanting to get a jolt of adrenaline, let’s go to watch a road movie or thriller. By contrast, good art usually demands our patience and slowing down. David Cronenberg, a contemporary famous film director, said something very truthful: “Entertainment tries to give you what you want – a movie, pop-corn, and ice-cream. Art wants to give you what you don’t know you want.” Therefore, art is for example, when you see a performance, painting, or movie you planned to see, and then you sit and think about it or discuss …show more content…
Oscar Wilde said: “Yes, the public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives you everything except genius.” It could mean that we are not able to recognize real genius art, and also that we are able to admire absolute garbage. What is entertaining is as subjective as the previous concept of what art is. Perhaps, entertainment is something that takes us into another world, whereas art takes us deeper into ourselves. Entertainment is prevailingly about mass appeal, about some good well told stories that get our blood going fast, make us laugh, and increase our adrenaline. Evidently, our responses are mainly physical concerning our bodies and sometimes our hearts. Art does it to our minds and souls. Entertainment dazzles us and makes us feel again like children, while art usually assumes that we are mature and treats us