Abstract: the relationship between art and philosophy: nature is the material basis of human existence, and human beings obtain material necessities by transforming nature; Nature is binding and flawed, and human beings cannot be satisfied in the world they live in, so they resort to spiritual means to make up for the reality or better understand and enjoy it. In the spiritual world, the human mind is the most real and free, and it can be freed from the perceptual reality and the limited world, so that the purely external, perceptual and fleeting things can be reconciled with the pure thoughts, that is, the natural and limited reality can be reconciled with the infinite freedom to know things. Among them, art, religion and philosophy are the proudest products of human mind.
Keywords: art and religion; Philosophy; relationship
China Library Classification Number: J0-02 Document Identification Number: Part A Number:1006-026x (2012)12-0000-01.
First, the unity of art, religion and philosophy.
Art, religion and philosophy all belong to the absolute realm of the mind. As different texts in the mental system, * * * jointly constructs the overall meaning of this system. Art presents the truth in a perceptual visualization way; Religion deviates from the objectivity of art and presents its inherent subjectivity to ideas; Philosophy, on the other hand, uses free thinking to grasp and understand the emotions and concepts that once only had the subject in religion. It can also be said that synaesthesia is the source of artistic creation, mystery is the starting point of religious formation and the beginning of religious spread, and sublimity is an attribute of the philosophical world. Religion and philosophy, as a systematic, theoretical and standardized system, seem to be in conflict with perceptual art, but the fact is that although there are mutual constraints, they also promote and interact with each other, especially the art full of activity and uncertainty is between religion and philosophy.
The relationship between art and religion
(A) the religious mystery in artistic activities
Religion in music and dance.
Art and religion have been in contact since the primitive society of mankind, that is, when they are in their infancy. Most art forms, such as music, dance, sculpture, painting, pottery, etc. , will be used to express some mysterious divine control and used in primitive religious ceremonies. According to the textual research of famous oriental aesthetic masters and art archaeologists in China, the word "dance" is homophone with "witchcraft", which shows that primitive songs and dances are closely related to witchcraft ceremonies, which is also reflected in some major festivals of ethnic minorities today. Musically, there are religious songs and music used in various religious ceremonies and activities such as Taoist fasting music and Buddhist chanting music.
2. Religion in Art and Sculpture
For example, the head carving in Nigeria, the rock painting in Lascau Cave, the pottery basin in Qinghai, and the rock painting in Huashan, Guangxi, etc., these early plastic arts works of human beings were mostly created for witchcraft purposes or with religious colors. After human beings entered the civilized society, art still participated in religious activities.
(2) Religion provides religious themes and contents for art. ..
The direct integration of religion and artistic creation has become an indisputable factor in artistic development. In China, on the one hand, religious culture directly contributed to the creation of traditional operas and classical novels, such as Guanyin Opera and The Journey to the West; On the other hand, a large number of sculptures, murals and architectural arts have been bred, such as Maiji Mountain mentioned above, and world-famous stone murals such as Dunhuang, Longmen, Yungang and Datong in China, all of which are caused by the widespread spread of Buddhism. At the same time, religion also has a great influence on the form and style of artistic expression. Jiang Xun, an aesthete, especially praised the influence of Zen spirit on China's painting style. He believes that Zen has inspired the simplicity of brushwork and the creation of form in painting, and Zen paintings with charm as the mainstay have emerged.
Although religion is related to art, it is also alienated from it. The fundamental reason is that the piety on which religious belief depends cannot accommodate the spirit of free creation necessary for artistic creation. First of all, religious precepts and religious asceticism include aesthetic feelings and experiences; Second, rational speculation advocated by religion hinders the development of artistic thinking. Religion limits art to the scope and style stipulated by religion, which hinders the contention and innovation of various art forms and stifles the vitality of art development. Tibetan Buddhism uses "three classics and one sparse" to ensure the quality of Thangka's works in religious function. Although this ensures the correctness and standardization of Buddhist painting, it also restricts Thangka's creative vitality, which makes Thangka develop slowly in theme, content and form for thousands of years.
Third, the relationship between art and philosophy.
Philosophy is a reflection on life and society. The wisdom of philosophy is not only the way and method to teach people to think, but also to make people know the essence of thinking and master the logic of ideological movement, so as to explore the understanding of truth. Art is a special way for human beings to grasp and reflect the world characterized by emotion and imagination, and to express their views on the world, themselves and their relations. In Hegel's words, philosophy has the objective phase of art. Although it has put aside the external perceptual factors of art, before putting aside these factors, philosophy has transformed this perceptual factor into the highest form of objective things, that is, into the form of thought. The relationship between art and philosophy can be summarized as "art is great because of philosophy" and "art is an important way for philosophy to think about the world". The relationship between art and philosophy is self-evident in China's classical aesthetics. The close relationship between them can be deeply reflected in the aspects of "painting with meaning", "music with image of virtue", "writing with Tao" and "poetry with ambition".
Art is great because of philosophy. Artists are more or less permeated with their own world outlook, outlook on life and a series of philosophical things in their works of art, and philosophical signals from the works themselves become an important basis for judging and appreciating the works. Prose of pre-Qin philosophers has been copied and remembered for thousands of years after the disaster of burning books and burying Confucianism, and has become the object of worship by writers of all ages. Apart from political factors, the great philosophical thought embodied in the article itself is an inexhaustible source of its vitality. In the philosophy of Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism was dominant, which greatly influenced the aesthetics and ideology at that time. Many art forms pursue ethereal, implicit, natural and simple.
Four. conclusion
Among the differences between art and religion and philosophy, the most obvious difference or contradiction is probably the first art. However, at the same time, it seems that art is the least prone to conflict and the most inclusive. It is precisely art that allows human beings to retain their most essential sincerity and truth. At the same time, the contradictions, conflicts and even conflicts between religious factions, as well as the difficulty in defining philosophy in a strict sense, we will find that perceptual intuitive judgment and persistence will become the final inexplicable but firm support. Art, with its sincerity and true feelings rooted in people's hearts, can override all known tangible truths at every new stage of mankind and open up a road to another truth. In the final analysis, human beings rely on sensibility to find and bear rationality.
References:
[1] Hegel. Aesthetics, Volume 1. The Commercial Press, 1997.
[2] Jiang Xun. "Mahayana thought influences China's Buddhist art". Modern Buddhist Academic Series. Beijing Library Press. 2005 edition.
[3] Li Zehou. The course of beauty. Tianjin Social Sciences Press, 2009.
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