What are the characteristics of western classical art?

Western classical culture and art were first created by the Greeks. The Romans, based on their national characteristics and their own creations, selectively absorbed and merged the ancient Greek culture, constantly infused with new contents, so as to carry it forward and eventually form a unique cultural tradition or system.

Of course, ancient Greek culture and ancient Roman culture also have their own different characteristics. As early as Augustus' time, Virgil, a famous Roman poet, had already expressed their respective purport. In his view, the genius of the Greeks lies in the creation in the field of culture and art, while the Romans lie in ruling the world and "promoting peace" in the world with power.

Just as "Greece can be called glory, the glory of human spirit's free creation, free thinking and free belief; Rome can be called great, great in power, discipline and consistency. "

This is caused by their respective national characteristics, historical traditions, social and natural environment and other factors. However, the ancient Greek and Roman cultures, as a homogeneous culture of the same strain, have condensed into a cultural tradition with its unique connotation and system in the long history.

Extended information:

The pure art of western classical art came to an end, so anti-art appeared. Later, no matter whether it was pure art or anti-art, most of the problems were raised, and at most we could only do some work from the aspect of development. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to find a way out from pure art and anti-art, which leads to a sociological turn.

In the period of classicism, art mainly served religion, with sociological attributes; After the emergence of pure art and anti-art, art escaped from sociology; Now art is going back to sociology.

Of course, the method of returning is completely different from that in the Middle Ages. Only in this way can the artist's works be more appealing and valuable. Sociology actually adds a bargaining chip to art.

Like the "wrapping" art made by Mrs. Christoph, at first they wrapped tables and chairs with plastic sheets at home, and then they wrapped a bridge in Paris. All these entered the art in a non-artistic way, with anti-art ideas in it, but the strength was not enough. It was not until they wrapped the original Reichstag building in Berlin that the strength really showed.

From a sociological point of view, there are also many human crises that artists need to pay attention to. Therefore, it cannot be said that sociology hurts art.

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