art vs. nature?

Question

art is seen to be an aesthetic representation of reality (aka. nature). do you think this is true? to what extent does art accurately depict nature, or should art be condemned in society because it is seen to be false and untruthful?

taking plato's viewpoint on art: if God is considered to be the ideal maker/creator, then shouldn't only his form be ideal? and the things created by man are just an imitation of God's forms? and if an artist depicts the imitations of God's forms, then isn't that moving further away from the truth, thus unreliable?

Answer 1

sure i think art is an aesthetic representation of nature, and it can be fairly accurate.
why should we ban it, who doesnt like art?

Answer 2

Art itself is never false or untruthful , but all that Art that IS false/untruthful , should be condemned , as it is likely to 'corrupt' (if you like ) the viewer/reader/listener & gives rise to feelings like yours , that maybe all Art is so .
In some forms of art , it is not necessary that it depict Life exactly , but at the very least , it must reflect the artist's true mind & not be some concoction intended only to impress critics .

Answer 3

"Art verses Nature" is merely one form of expression in art. Art has multitudes of genres and movements besides the Realism that emulates natural aesthetics. Your suggestion to condemn the whole field of art because of one category is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. In literature there are numerous literary categories: novel, drama, folktale, nonfiction, fiction, science fiction, biography, autobiography, mystery, history, poetry, anthology, mythology, etc. Are you going to condemn and band all of literature because you are not in favor of one literary genre? Of course not, that would be absurd. Art encompasses a proliferation of genres and movements besides Realism:
A
Abstract expressionism
Academic art
Action painting
Analytical art
Anti-realism
Arabesque
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arte Povera
Artefactoria
Arts and Crafts Movement
Ashcan School

B
Barbizon school
Baroque
Bauhaus

C
Celebritarianism
Color Field
Conceptual art
Constructivism
Contemporary Baroque Art
Cubism

D
Dada
Danube school
Dau-al-Set
De Stijl (also know as Neoplasticism)
Deconstructivism

E
Expressionism

F
Fantastic realism
Fauvism
Figurative art
Folk art
Fluxus
Futurism

H
Harlem Renaissance
Humanistic Aestheticism
Hypermodernism

I
Impressionism
Institutional Critique
International Gothic
International Typographic Style

L
Les Nabis
Letterism
Lyrical Abstraction

M
Magic Realism
Mannerism
Massurrealism
Metaphysical painting
Mingei
Minimalism
Modernism

N
Naive art
Neen
Neoclassicism
Neo-expressionism
Neo-figurative
Neo-primitivism
New Objectivity

O
Op Art
Orphism

P
Photorealism
Pointillism
Pop art
Post-impressionism
Postmodernism
Precisionism
Primitivism

R
Rasquache
REALISM
Rectoversion
Remodernism
Renaissance
Renaissance Classicism
Rococo
Romanesque
Romanticism

S
Shin hanga
Sōsaku hanga
Socialist Realism
Stuckism
Suprematism
Surrealism
Symbolism (arts)
Synchromism

U
Unpop Art Movement

Answer 4

Art is expression. It does not necessarily have to represent any existing physical states.
Art includes a diverse range of forms including music, movies and wide range of design works. If Art is to be condemned, what kind of life will it be on this planet?

Art has nothing to do with God, or the truth attached with him.

Answer 5

Man is a part of nature; art is created by man therefore I believe art resembles a part of nature. I do not think art should be condemned although I believe art is slowly dying due to the almighty dollar.

Answer 6

<>this is declared that "artwork imitates nature;" that being the 'ultimate' it may do. An artist can properly depict nature, or he/she would have the capacity to be as precis as they choose. artwork ought to by no ability be condemned in any form on the grounds this is an expression. ought to one be stifled for expressing an opinion?

Answer 7

there's no ample replacement for the real thing.