In modern society there has been a clear trend towards the development of logic. Dry logical thinking is necessary for assimilation of information, advancement career ladder, obtaining a high social status. Often, even when communicating with others, people build a dialogue based on rational calculations, and this absolutely does not contribute to the emergence of sincere relationships.
Against this background, the role of feelings and emotions is greatly underestimated. Many people don’t even think about the fact that the emotional sphere also needs development. As a result, the personality turns out to be disharmonious. She stands firmly on her feet, but inside she feels empty, she does everything right, but without a soul.
It is precisely because people pay so little attention to their emotions that there are a huge number of passers-by on the street with “empty eyes” and sad faces. We carefully “suppress” our own experiences, trying to be reasonable and respond adequately. If you do this all the time, it will happen accumulation of a load of unreacted experiences. They don’t go away, but find a way out through illness (mostly psychosomatic), constant dissatisfaction, irritability and emptiness. Art will help correct such a deplorable situation.
The healing power of art
Art- the sphere of human life that touches the “strings of the soul.” By drawing, playing music, doing sculpting, writing poetry and prose, creating appliqués and handicrafts, a person gives vent to accumulated experiences, fears, and mental stress. Scientists have proven that people who systematically engage in creativity are more stress-resistant, they learn better. new information, have more flexible thinking, adapt faster to new circumstances, find optimal solutions in non-standard situations and notice the beauty in everyday situations and everyday things. Passive perception of works of art also has a similar effect: listening to your favorite music, watching films, reading books, perceiving paintings.
The experimental results showed that neurogenesis(formation of new neurons) occurs even in adulthood. Its intensity directly depends on lifestyle. The education system and work environment are almost entirely aimed at developing the left hemisphere of the brain, so you need to independently develop the right hemisphere, which is responsible for the emotional sphere. For this it is important to be creative. Many people say that they don’t know how to draw, so there’s no point in wasting time on it. But the main thing is not the impeccable result, but the process of creation itself. Therefore, you should not limit yourself, you need to find an interesting field of activity and create, “pouring” the accumulated baggage of emotions into creativity.
Effective art methods that allow you to quickly get rid of negative experiences:
"Drawing"
Take pencils (pens or markers are not suitable for this purpose). Remove all dark shades from the set. Then take an A5 sheet and start filling in the white space bright colors. This will allow you to take your mind off negative thoughts and relax a little.
State harmonization.
To harmonize the work of the right and left hemispheres (emotions and logic), take a pencil or pen in two hands and at the same time begin to draw the same symbols. It can be geometric figures, ornaments, simple drawings. At first it will be difficult to do, but after a few attempts the result will improve. Draw 5-7 characters like this. This will allow you to stabilize your condition and look at the problematic situation from a new perspective.
2012-06-16 Nikita Melikhov Print version
No one will argue with the fact that art plays a cognitive, educational, and communicative role in the formation of a person. Since ancient times, art has helped people to understand and transform reality, presenting it in images and thereby connecting it into a single whole. At the same time, a person developed abstract and figurative thinking - fantasy developed. The Soviet philosopher E. Ilyenkov said: “Fantasy itself, or the power of imagination, is one of not only the most precious, but also the universal, universal abilities that distinguish a person from an animal. Without it, it is impossible to take a single step, not only in art, unless, of course, it is a step on the spot. Without the power of imagination, it would be impossible to even recognize an old friend if he suddenly grew a beard; it would be impossible even to cross the street through a stream of cars. Humanity, devoid of imagination, would never launch rockets into space."
It is impossible not to take into account the fact that art from an early age takes a direct part in the formation of consciousness in a child (and throughout life too). Music, literature, theater, fine arts - all of them cultivate sensuality and morality in a person. Such qualities as friendship, conscience, patriotism, love, justice, etc. develop through art. Moreover, thinking itself would be impossible without the development of sensory perception: “The ability to think logically, that is, to operate with concepts, theoretical definitions in strict accordance with the norms of logic, is worth absolutely nothing if it is not combined with an equally developed ability to see, to contemplate sensually , perceive the world» .
Of course, with all this, art often served as entertainment. And, it would seem, if from time immemorial art has been used both for enlightenment and for distraction, then even now there is no reason for concern. Today, good books, films, and music also remain and are being created, upon familiarization with which a person gains the opportunity to join in with all the experience gained by humanity, thereby developing his own abilities. But if we take not individual works of art, but the trend of development (or degradation?) of modern art, then it deviates more and more noticeably towards the renunciation of all previous developments of mankind, turning art into an industry of entertainment and distraction for people about the problems of developing their creative abilities.
Perhaps everyone, having at least once entered the Museum of Modern Art, thought that, as a child, they drew better. Famous artist D. Pollock splashed and poured paint onto fiberboard, considering the spontaneous creative process more important than the result. These blots cost 140 million dollars, today it is one of the most expensive paintings in the world. The postmodernist writer V. Pelevin spoke about the famous “Black Square” in one of his books: “Malevich, although he called himself a Suprematist, was faithful to the truth of life - most often there is no light in the Russian sky. And the soul has no choice but to produce invisible stars from itself - this is the meaning of the canvas.” Such pointless paintings that depict nothing even make the author’s personality meaningless; they say: “everyone will see something of their own.”
The Soviet philosopher, who devoted a lot of time to studying the issue of the influence of art on a person, M. Lifshitz wrote: “The main internal goal of such art is to suppress the consciousness of consciousness. Flight into superstition is the minimum. Even better is an escape into an unthinking world. Hence the constant efforts to break the mirror of life, or at least to make it cloudy and unseeing. Every image needs to be given the features of something “different”. Thus, the figurativeness decreases, and as a result - something free from any possible associations with real life.”
In contemporary fine art there are many different directions. Authors of some movements endow their works with a “deep” meaning, which in fact is only a form that reflects the personal experiences and fleeting feelings of the creator. The famous surrealist S. Dali wrote about his painting “Soft Hours”: “It was one evening, I was tired, I had a migraine - an extremely rare ailment for me. We were supposed to go to the cinema with friends, but at the last moment I decided to stay at home. Gala will go with them, and I will go to bed early. We ate a lot delicious cheese, then I was left alone, sitting with my elbows on the table, thinking about how “super soft” processed cheese is. I got up and went into the workshop to take a look at my work as usual. The picture that I was going to paint represented the landscape of the outskirts of Port Lligat, the rocks, as if illuminated by dim evening light. In the foreground I sketched the chopped off trunk of a leafless olive tree. This landscape is the basis for a canvas with some idea, but what? I needed a wonderful image, but I couldn’t find it. I went to turn off the light, and when I came out, I literally “saw” the solution: two pairs of soft watches, one hanging pitifully from an olive branch. Despite the migraine, I prepared my palette and got to work. Two hours later, when Gala returned from the cinema, the film, which was to become one of the most famous, was finished.” Such works do not bring anything useful to other people, because they are a reflection of moments of the artist’s well-being, which can hardly have meaning beyond this vanishing moment. “In old art, a loving, conscientious depiction of the real world was important. The personality of the artist more or less receded into the background before his creation and thus rose above his own level. In modern art, the situation is just the opposite - what the artist does is increasingly reduced to a pure sign, a sign of his personality. “Everything I cough up will be art,” said the famous German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters, “for I am an artist.” In a word, what is done is not important at all. What is important is the artist’s gesture, his pose, his reputation, his signature, his priestly dance in front of the cinema lens, his miraculous deeds publicized to the whole world.”
After reading a book by a contemporary, you sometimes sit and think, “What ideas did the author want to convey?” But now, even in a book for children, you can find out “how children are made” and what words are best to express themselves. The situation with cinema is the same, if not worse. Fantastic action films, abstruse detective stories, incredible adventure novels - such films are churned out like on an assembly line. Real human feelings and experiences fade into the background; now a beautiful form is in fashion, cultivating vulgar, arrogant behavior, selfishness, and denial of any ideals. What are the endless erotic scenes worth, pressing only on physical human needs? And in other types of art, unfortunately, nothing qualitatively new appears. Modern musical performers or the same scriptwriters and directors of theatrical performances remake old works into new way, completely distorting, or rather, if possible, completely eliminating the meaning from there. This is often their whole point.
Is it possible to raise a normally developed person based on such art? Modern man reads vulgar literature, watches cruel films, listens to destructive music, and at the same time he himself becomes vulgar, cruel and blind. Our contemporary cannot normally assess the situation and find a way out of it, because “in order to think about the world around us, this world must be seen.” By creating works that do not reflect anything other than the artist’s well-being at the time of creation of this work, or by replacing art with a beautiful form that does not carry any meaning at all, the creator ruins humanity’s opportunity to come closer to understanding the surrounding reality, nature, society, man, and himself too . But “truth is the similarity of our ideas, or concepts, with the thing itself. It should be the basis of every work of fine art." V.I. also wrote about this. Lenin: “There are really, objectively three elements here: 1) nature; 2) human cognition, the human brain (as the highest product of the same nature) and 3) the form of reflection of nature in human cognition, this form is concepts, laws, categories, etc. A person cannot embrace = reflect = display the nature of all, completely, its “immediate integrity”; he can only eternally approach this, creating abstractions, concepts, laws, a scientific picture of the world, etc., etc.”
Nowadays, perhaps, everyone who decides to engage in creative activity and tries not to die of hunger is admonished with the following phrase: “first earn a name for yourself, and then the name will work for you.” Capitalism strictly dictates its terms: if you want to live, sell yourself. What sells best? Fictional mythical utopias, abstract surreal paintings, enticing, enchanting landscapes, without any deep subtext. Works are created that dull and lead thoughts into oblivion. Why? There is no benefit in depicting the injustice of the existing world, there is no benefit in highlighting the problems modern society. Because such works would make the public think, think about the imperfections of the modern world. Art loses its main function - the function of reflecting reality, while it cultivates a limited, insensitive and blind consumer. “Art must first of all reflect real life people, and not convince them that everything is fine. There is advertising for this, it demands, forces you to buy, shave, wash, perfume, go on vacation, and so on.”
Today, many people agree that modern art is a decomposition of the old and does not play a creative role in the development of personality. These people try to raise themselves and their children in the spirit of the classics, turning a blind eye to modern life. Of course, for normal human development it is necessary to master the cultural wealth accumulated by all previous generations. But to create something qualitatively new in any field, you need to go beyond the existing. Therefore, you should not close your eyes, but on the contrary, you need to pay attention to the real state of affairs and change the situation for the better.
Creators should direct their efforts to open the eyes of humanity: so that people look around, so that their hearts beat, so that they feel the existing injustice and all together begin to look for a solution to the existing problem.
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Every person realizes that medicine and education have a powerful impact on us. We are directly dependent on these areas of life. But few would admit that art has an equally important influence. Nevertheless, it is so. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of art in our lives.
What is art?
There are many definitions in various dictionaries. Somewhere they write that art is an image (or the process of creating it) that expresses the artist’s view of the world. Sometimes a person cannot express in words what he can draw.
In another interpretation, this is the process of creativity, creating something. Realization of the need to make the world a little more beautiful.
Art is also a way of understanding the world. For example, for a child who, by drawing or singing songs, remembers new words.
On the other hand, it is a social process of human interaction with society and with himself. This concept is so ambiguous that it is impossible to say in which part of our life it is present and in which it is not. Let's consider the arguments: the influence of art on a person is noticeable in the spiritual sphere of our lives. After all, it is under its influence that what we call morality and education is formed.
Types of art and its influence on human life
What's the first thing that comes to mind? Painting? Music? Ballet? All this is art, like photography, circus, decorative arts, sculpture, architecture, pop and theater. The list can still be expanded. With each decade, genres develop and new ones are added, as humanity does not stand still.
Here is one of the arguments: the influence of art on a person’s life is expressed in the love of fairy tales. One of the most influential forms is literature. Reading surrounds us since childhood. When we are very little, mother reads fairy tales to us. Girls and boys are taught the rules of behavior and type of thinking using the example of fairy-tale heroines and heroes. In fairy tales we learn what is good and what is bad. At the end of such works there is a moral that teaches us what to do.
At school and university, we read obligatory works of classical authors, which contain more complex thoughts. Here the characters make us think and ask ourselves questions. Each direction in art pursues its own goals, they are very diverse.
Functions of art: additional arguments
The influence of art on a person is vast, it has various functions and purposes. One of the main goals is educational. The same moral at the end of the fairy tale. The aesthetic function is obvious: works of art are beautiful and develop taste. Close to this is the hedonic function - to bring pleasure. Some literary works often have a predictive function; remember the Strugatsky brothers and their science fiction novels. Another very important function is compensatory. From the word “compensation”, when artistic reality replaces the main one for us. Here we are often talking about mental trauma or life difficulties. When we turn on our favorite music to forget ourselves, or go to the cinema to escape from unpleasant thoughts.
Or another argument - the influence of art on a person through music. Hearing a song that is symbolic for oneself, someone may decide to take an important action. If we move away from the academic meaning, the influence of art on a person’s life is very great. It gives inspiration. When a person at the exhibition saw beautiful picture, came home and started drawing.
Let's consider another argument: the influence of art on a person can be seen in how hand-made goods are actively developing. People are not only imbued with a sense of beauty, but are also ready to create masterpieces with their own hands. Various areas of body art and tattoos - the desire to create a work of art on your skin.
Art around us
Has anyone ever thought, when decorating their apartment and thinking through the design, that in this moment Can you see the influence of art on you? Making furniture or accessories is part of arts and crafts. Selection of colors, harmonious shapes and ergonomics of space - this is exactly what designers study. Or another example: when you were choosing a dress in a store, you gave preference to the one that was correctly cut and thought out by the fashion designer. At the same time, fashion houses are not modest, trying to influence your choice with bright advertising videos. Video is also part of art. That is, while watching advertising, we are also under its influence. This is also an argument; the influence of true art on a person nevertheless reveals itself in higher spheres. Let's consider them too.
The influence of art on humans: arguments from literature
Literature influences us infinitely. Let us remember how in Leo Tolstoy’s brilliant work “War and Peace” Natasha Rostova sang for her brother and healed him of despair.
Another elegant example of how painting can save a life was described by O. Henry in the story “The Last Leaf.” The sick girl decided that she would die when the last ivy leaf fell outside her window. She did not wait for her last day, since the leaf was drawn for her on the wall by an artist.
Another example of the influence of art on a person (arguments from literature are very indicative) is main character works by Ray Bradbury “Smile”, who saves the painting with Mona Lisa, believing in its great significance. Bradbury wrote a lot about the power of creativity, he argued that only by reading books can a person become educated.
The image of a child with a book in his hands haunts many artists, in particular there are several wonderful paintings with the same title “Boy with a Book.”
The Right Influence
Like any influence, art can also be negative and positive. Some modern works are depressing and do not convey much aestheticism. Not all films teach good things. We need to be especially careful about content that influences our children. Correct selection the things around us, music, movies and even clothes will provide us with a good mood and instill the right taste.
IN last years In our country, “emotions” are given great importance: it is no coincidence that today almost any organization employs a professional psychologist, and regularly seeking psychological help for many people is becoming a natural norm of life. Let's not lag behind this practice: let's figure out in this article what kind of connection exists between paintings, as works of art, and human emotions.
First, let's define the concepts. So, emotions are experiences that have a very strong effect on the mind and body of a person. At the same time, the experience of any person suggests that emotions can influence all aspects of a person’s existence, which, in principle, is wonderful. After all, it’s no secret that people who are deprived of any emotions, as a rule, are under constant treatment in psychiatric clinics.
Moreover, scientists note that each emotion can affect a person in a special way. Therefore, it is no coincidence that every person strives to surround himself with the most positive emotions and, if possible, completely get rid of the negative aspects of our life. In order for a person’s life to blossom with bright colors and there is art, which in our time difficult time Great importance is attached to it as a great emotional outlet.Imagine that a person, tired and irritated after a hard day at work, sits heavily at home in his favorite chair and for a few minutes immerses himself in the contemplation of his favorite oil painting, which is located on the wall opposite. Experience shows that the negative emotions accumulated by a person during the day can recede and disappear in the most surprising way. Thus, a pleasant summer landscape or a delightful still life with roses can give its owner in just a few minutes a feeling of serene joy and fill a person with new inner strength.
But this is provided that the paintings of the artists that are in the house belong to the category of “your” paintings. And to, for example, oil painting gave you only positive emotions, you need to understand two main psychological aspects. First of all, when looking at an oil painting, you should imagine what feelings guided the artist at the time of painting the canvas, and what emotional message he wants to convey to people with his work. It's not always easy, but with enough experience it always works out well.
Secondly, you need to understand what emotional state you experience when communicating with this picture. Moreover, you need to approach your self-analysis quite “corrosively” and, as psychologists say, try to “dig” into yourself. Let's give an example: imagine that in the picture we see a wonderful rural landscape with shocks of fresh hay and a horse in the background.
Most likely, many people will simply look at such an oil painting and that’s it. But for a person who, perhaps, spent his entire childhood with his grandmother in the village, where it was so good and carefree that even after 30 or 40 years, the sight of freshly cut hay will fill his soul with something light and airy and return his thoughts to the happiest time of my life.
Please note that everyone will have their own emotions in this regard, and they will be based on lived experience, associations and their own emotional basis for perceiving the world. It is also worth noting that when creating paintings, a large role in their emotional perception is given to symbols and the chosen color scheme. Thus, everyone knows that, for example, the color red promotes emotional arousal, while green color– calms the human psyche.
As you can see, artists’ paintings are capable of generating a wide variety of emotions in a person. We wish you to find paintings that will influence you in the most positive way, and then use their amazing ability to give you joy and satisfaction in life.
Irina Alekseeva
Every person strives for beauty. That’s why many people, when arranging their “nest,” place figurines on chests of drawers and flowerpots on window sills. They also “decorate” the walls with paintings.
These works of painting not only bring aesthetic pleasure, but also have a huge impact on a person.
“Communication” with works made with paints on canvas improves health and improves a person’s psycho-emotional state. And both when contemplating paintings and when creating them.
How exactly art of painting affects a person, the editors of the online publication’s website will tell you in more detail.
The art of painting is a powerful tool for personal development
Pictures have a positive effect on brain function
By drawing, we thereby activate brain function. The same thing happens if we simply look at works of art. Neuroscientists came to this conclusion after conducting an electroencephalogram of the brain.
Drawing pictures and contemplating them uses both hemispheres of the brain. By forcing the gyrus to work with high activity, these activities develop concentration, improve analytical thinking, and also slow down the aging process of the brain.
Therefore it is not surprising why painting and visiting art galleries are recommended for older people.
Painting is the best cure for physical ailments and mental disorders
After conducting numerous observations, scientists discovered that art of painting has a positive effect on a person’s well-being. So, being surrounded by paintings removes headache and other unpleasant sensations, calms nervous system, heals mental wounds.
In addition, using paints on canvas and viewing works of figurative art prevents nervous breakdowns, and also relieves such frequent “guests” of our time as worries, anxiety, stress and depression.
Some medical institutions even treat with “creativity,” inviting patients to express their negative emotions using paints on a sheet of paper.
Fine art fills a person with various emotions
So, if a picture is painted in light colors, it reflects kindness, love and sincerity, then a person will absorb all these emotions and will certainly give them to others.
According to scientists, each painting has its own energy, which affects the subconscious, and sometimes changes thoughts and even worldview.
And if the picture, on the contrary, carries negative energy: everything on the canvas is depicted in dark and dull colors, negative thoughts and aggression predominate, then the person will be filled with the same bad emotions and will begin to splash them out on others to his detriment.
The art of painting is comparable to falling in love
It turns out that contemplating the paintings of great artists, you can get the same emotions that are present when falling in love. Scientists at London College came to this conclusion.
While studying the brain, they discovered that when looking at an object visual arts and the presence of a loved one nearby, the same areas in the brain are activated that evoke the emotions of falling in love.
At the same time, there is a surge of dopamine, a hormone that gives a feeling of satisfaction and pleasant sensations.
To confirm this theory, neurobiology professor Semir Zeki conducted a study. Its essence was that he showed volunteers paintings by great artists. Looking at them, the subjects increased blood flow to those parts of the brain that are responsible for the feeling of love.
The paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet and Sandro Botticelli had a particularly powerful influence.
“Beauty will save the world” - this phrase of the great writer F.M. Dostoevsky was said in one of his works not by chance. Indeed art of painting gives aesthetic pleasure. And along with it, it eliminates pain, stress and depression.
In addition, the creation and contemplation of paintings contributes to self-development and self-improvement, instills a love of beauty, and also gives the most different shades emotions, regardless of what is depicted on the canvas: landscape, portrait, still life or abstraction.
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