It captures the spirit when you try to comprehend with your mind everything created by geniuses, preserved and continued by their descendants and followers. Now it is impossible to imagine that our life would not be accompanied by art, creativity. This is a utopia, which, fortunately, was never destined to come true. Wherever and whenever a person lived, even at the dawn of his development, he tried to comprehend the world around him, which means he strove to understand and figuratively, intelligibly convey the knowledge gained to the next generations. This is how wall paintings appeared in caves - ancient human encampments. And this was born not only by the desire to protect their descendants from the mistakes already passed by the ancestors, but also to convey the beauty and harmony of the world, admiration for the perfect creations of nature.
Humanity did not mark time, it progressively moved forward and higher, and the art that accompanies a person at all stages of this long and painful path developed in the same way. If you turn to the Renaissance, you admire the heights reached by artists and poets, musicians and architects.
The immortal creations of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci still fascinate with their perfection, plasticity and deep awareness of the role of man in the world, where he is destined to travel his short, but wonderful, sometimes tragic path.
Russia has not become a distant province of art. Even at the dawn of its emergence, she announced loudly and boldly about her right to stand next to the greatest creators of Europe: "The Lay of Igor's Campaign", icons and paintings by Andrei Rublev and Theophanes the Greek, cathedrals of Vladimir, Kiev and Moscow. We are not only proud of the amazing proportions of the Church of the Intercession on Nerl and the Moscow Intercession Cathedral, better known as the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, but we also sacredly honor the names of the creators, if they remain in the memory of the people, as happened with the architects Barma and Postnik.
Ancient creations are not the only ones that grab our attention. We constantly come across works of art in our daily life. Visiting museums and exhibition halls, we want to join that wonderful world, which is accessible at first only to geniuses, and then to others, we learn to understand, see, absorb the beauty that has already become a part of our everyday life.
Art is beautiful because it is created by the elite, and belongs to millions.
We are trying to understand what the masters have created, we are getting closer to their vision of the world. Isn't this the main purpose of art? It is designed to improve a person.
It is impossible for everyone to be creators, but it is within our power to try to penetrate into the essence of the creation of a genius, to come closer to understanding the beautiful. And the more often we become contemplators of paintings, architectural masterpieces, listeners to beautiful music, the better for us and those around us.
Art is multifaceted, eternal, but, unfortunately, it cannot influence people without their will, mental exertion, a certain work of thought. A person must want to learn to see and understand the beautiful, then art will have a beneficial effect on him, society as a whole. This will probably be in the future. In the meantime, talented creators should not forget that their works are capable of influencing millions, and this can be beneficial or detrimental.
In the 20th century, the role of film, television and video has increased. They became the main idols of youth. And it's great if this is a kind, humane beginning, that is, true art with age-old traditions.
But if the propaganda of violence, the cult of strength, evil steps on our screens, we will perish after the unlucky heroes of these one-day militants.
I believe that all this is temporary, transitory, soon people will understand it. Many people already realize that no film can replace communication with books, music, painting.
Art is eternal and beautiful, because it brings beauty and goodness to the world.