What are the main characteristics of art?

Artistic image is a special form in which art reflects life. The so-called visualization means that any works of art should have vivid and concrete artistic images and have certain ornamental value. Plekhanov once said that art "expresses people's feelings and their thoughts, but it is not an abstract expression, but a vivid image." . This is the most important feature of art. "The image created by each specific art category has its own different characteristics, such as painting, sculpture, photography and calligraphy to create visual images, music to create auditory images, drama, film and television to create comprehensive images, and language art to create literary images that cannot be directly felt. But in any case, visualization is indispensable for any kind of art and is the basic feature of artistic beauty.

2. Subjectivity

Another basic feature of artistic beauty is subjectivity. As mentioned above, art, as a special social ideology, and artistic production, as a special spiritual production, determine that artistic beauty must have the characteristics of subjectivity. There is no doubt that artistic beauty comes from and reflects real life. But this kind of reflection is by no means a simple "imitation" or "reappearance", but it is integrated into the thoughts and feelings of the creative subject and even the appreciation subject, which reflects very distinct creativity and innovation. Therefore, subjectivity, as one of the basic characteristics of artistic beauty, is not only reflected in artistic creation, but also in artistic appreciation.

3. Aesthetics

From the perspective of artistic production, any artistic work must meet the following two conditions: first, it must be the product of human artistic production; Secondly, there must be aesthetic value, that is, aesthetics. It is these two points that distinguish art from all other non-artistic works and artistic beauty from natural beauty.

Art refers to the social ideology that reflects reality with images but is more typical than reality, including literature, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, drama, movies, folk art and so on. Art is an important supplementary means of language, just like in a speech, we will use loud voices to represent anger, laughter to represent happiness, and dance to represent anxiety or other feelings to convey to each other. Therefore, every work of art should have its own unique appeal, which is the vitality of art.