to accomplish the miracle of unity." Based on this postulate, we can say that art has been sent down to humanity from above. Therefore, it has a very strong influence on us humans.

Let's start with architecture. This art form deals with the construction of forms. And if we compare different kinds art with various structures that make up a person, namely the physical body, astral, mental, etc., then architecture affects the physical body of a person. After all, the physical body is the basis for existence on Earth, and the buildings surrounding us are the place where a person spends, especially in our urban age, the main part of his life. And as M. Handel writes: any architectural structure, from the smallest cell to God himself, is based on cosmic law and is built according to pre-established images, and any deviation from the plan leads to ugliness and has the same result as a false note in a musical chord. Architecture is often compared to frozen music.

The second art form worth remembering is sculpture, which defines the contours of forms. It can be compared with the ethereal body of a person, which is responsible for the harmony of any form of the physical body.

Sculpture can be called captivated music.

Painting can be called the third art form given to mankind. Interest in it is associated with the desire to reproduce bright pictures and or images that affect emotions. So, comparing with one of the human structures, painting is associated with the astral body, consisting of emotions, feelings and desires. Painting can be compared to music fighting for liberation.

Now let's turn to music. It is music that reflects, according to M. Handel, the tonal expressions of the highest ability of both God and man - their will. Mankind has embraced architecture, sculpture and painting in such a way that these forms of art have become part of its nature. But it is precisely through his own human will power that the musician is able to perceive and to some extent reproduce the tones expressed by the will of God.

Speaking about the impact of music on a person, F. Nietzsche wrote: “Give me the opportunity to write music for the nation, and I won’t care who makes its laws.” The term "musician" in this context does not refer to an ordinary singer or performer of music, but to such masters, creators of music as Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Glinka and others of the same class. Speaking of music, it can be called a free floating expression of sounds.

Pythagoras claimed that the world appeared out of chaos, thanks to sound or harmony, and was created according to the principles of musical proportion: 7 planets that control the fate of mortals make a harmonious movement, and the distances between them correspond to musical intervals, as a result they emit such harmonious sounds that from they form the most harmonious melody, which a person does not hear only because of the greatness of the sounds that are not perceived by his ear.

The solar system is one musical instrument. As there are twelve semitones in the chromatic scale, so there are twelve signs of the zodiac in the sky, and just as we have seven white piano keys, so we have seven planets. The signs of the zodiac can be likened to the soundboard of a cosmic harp, and the seven planets to the strings. Therefore, they affect the human race in different ways. “There is not the slightest sphere visible to us that, when moving, would not sing like an angel,” wrote Shakespeare.

In our earthly life we ​​are so immersed in the noises and sounds of our limited environment that we are unable to hear the music of the moving spheres. However, a real musician, consciously or unconsciously, can tune in and hear a sonata or symphony as a single rainbow chord, which he later turns into musical composition the highest harmony, grace and beauty.

Music is made up of three main elements, namely melody, harmony and rhythm. A melody consists of a sequence of harmonic sounds perceived by the auditory nerves associated with the brain, a physical organ that is in contact with the mind. Therefore, it is through the mental body, which consists of thoughts that are not denounced by form and ideas that are not colored by emotions, that the Spirit of a person can feel the melody created on the physical plane.

An imbecile or a lunatic does not respond to the melody.

Harmony consists of a pleasant combination of tones and is associated with feelings and emotions. Feelings and emotions are an expression of the astral body and, therefore, harmony can act on both humans and animals, since both have astral bodies. Rhythm is a measured and balanced movement, expressed by a vital force that provides gesticulation and other physical movements. The etheric body is responsible for the production and distribution of life force, which is associated with the absorption and transformation of solar energy. Plants have an etheric body and are therefore sensitive to rhythm.

In music, between melody and rhythm, there is harmony, which can either rise and merge with the harmony of pure thought, melody, or start up and mix with purely active movement - impulse. If a purely melodic element, which carries the volitional vibration of the Spirit of music, is absent in the composition, then there is no control over the astral and physical bodies; then desires run amok and take power, and since there is no control of the mind, the person becomes an uncontrollable emotional-sensory impulsive machine.

Musical instruments made by man express a certain phase of his inner nature. wind instruments relate to melody - will, intellect, thinking - and the spirit or tone they carry is easily remembered. String instruments refer to harmony - emotions, imagination, heart - and evoke feelings of joy, happiness, pleasure, pain, sadness, longing and regret. Percussion instruments relate to rhythm - movement, muscles - and arouse in the listeners the desire to act: march, dance, tap their feet to the rhythm.

From this we can conclude that if a person consciously wants to develop his spirit, mind, then he must turn to music, in which the basis is a melody, with a predominance of wind instruments in it. If a person wants to influence his emotional state, then he needs to listen to music in which the basis is harmony, with a dominant in the form string instruments. And, accordingly, if it is necessary to develop the physical body, then shock should be at the core.

The person himself is a real triple instrument, so it must be remembered that the emphasis on any of the above musical components can be detrimental to the emotional and intellectual sphere of an individual's life. Ruskin wrote: “... music, being healthy, is a teacher of perfect order and a companion for the flow of the celestial spheres; in her own perversity she is a mentor, but of perfect disorder and disobedience.”

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Art is an integral part of our culture. Thanks to music, painting and literature, we not only learn something new, getting emotional pleasure, but also begin to improve, developing our inner spiritual world. Everyone has long known what art is capable of - it can work wonders! And there is plenty of evidence for this.

Since ancient times, people have known that art can be used for medicinal purposes. Today, music is widely used in medicine in the treatment of psychological diseases. She is able to awaken new feelings in a person and pacify him.

Music can be used not only in healing, but also in education. There are many compositions, listening to which a person has the ability to study such exact sciences as: mathematics, physics, foreign languages etc. Classical music can open a feeling of calmness and relaxation in a person. In this state, the study of something new, the perception and memorization of information is much better.

However, music is only part of the art. The world of colors also plays a big role in our life. We can see it on Art of Russia http://artofrussia.ru/, where it is perfectly shown how fine art can have a good effect on a person. It helps to show new emotions, encourages creativity, calms nervous system, and also able to charge with new vitality.

In medical practice, fine arts are widely used for medicinal purposes. Special events are being created where people can throw out their emotions and inner feelings in creativity.

Regardless of whether we listen to excellent music, look at an elegant picture, or admire another work of art - in any case, we can find in it what we and our soul will need in moments of joy or adversity.

2012-06-16 Nikita Melikhov Printable version

No one will argue with the fact that art plays a cognitive, educational, communicative role in the formation of a person. Since ancient times, art has helped a person to realize and transform reality, presenting it in images and thereby linking it into a single whole. At the same time, a person developed abstract and figurative thinking - fantasy developed. The Soviet philosopher E. Ilyenkov said: “Taken in itself, fantasy, or the power of imagination, is not only among the most precious, but also among the universal, universal abilities that distinguish a person from an animal. Without it, one cannot 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 even to recognize an old friend if he suddenly grew a beard, it would be impossible even to cross the street through the 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 with early years takes a direct part in the formation of consciousness in a child (and throughout life too). Music, literature, theater, visual arts - all of them bring up 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, sensually contemplate , perceive the world» .

Of course, with all this, art often performed the function of 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 cause for concern. Today also remain and are still being created good books, films, music, upon acquaintance with which a person acquires the opportunity to join all the experience gained by mankind, thereby developing his own abilities. Only now, if we take not individual works of art, but the trend of development (or degradation?) of contemporary art, then it deviates more and more noticeably towards the renunciation of all previous developments of mankind, turning art into an entertainment industry and distracting a person from the problems of developing his creative abilities.

Perhaps everyone, at least once entering the Museum of Modern Art, thought that, as a child, he drew better. Famous artist D. Pollock, splashed and poured paint on 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 postmodern writer V. Pelevin spoke about the famous “Black Square” in one of his books: “Malevich, although he called himself a Suprematist, was true to the truth of life - there is most often 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 non-objective, depicting pictures make even the personality of the author meaningless, they say: "everyone will see something of his own."

The Soviet philosopher, who devoted a lot of time to studying the question 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 to the unthinking world. Hence the constant efforts to break the mirror of life, or at least make it cloudy, unseeing. Every image needs to be given the features of something “dissimilar”. Thus, the figurativeness decreases, in the end - something free from all possible associations with real life.

In modern fine arts there are many different directions. The authors of some trends 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 Clock”: “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 very tasty cheese, then I was left alone, sitting, leaning on the table, and thinking about how "super soft" melted cheese is. I got up and went to the studio to take a look at my work as usual. The picture I was going to paint was a landscape of the outskirts of Port Lligat, rocks, as if illuminated by a 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 marvelous image, but I did not find it. I went to turn off the light, and when I got out, I literally "saw" the solution: two pairs soft watch, some plaintively hang from the olive branch. Despite the migraine, I prepared my palette and set to work. Two hours later, when Gala returned from the cinema, the picture, which was to become one of the most famous, was completed. Such works do not carry anything useful to other people, because they are a reflection of the moments of the artist's well-being, which can hardly matter beyond this vanishing moment. “In the 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 its own level. IN the latest art the situation is just the opposite - what the artist does is more and more reduced to a pure sign, a sign of his personality. “Everything that I spit, all this will be art,” said the famous German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters, “because I am an artist.” In a word, what is done is not important at all. The gesture of the artist is important, his posture, his reputation, his signature, his priestly dance in front of the lens of cinema, his miraculous deeds, divulged to the whole world.

After reading a book by some 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 expressed. With cinema, the situation is the same, if not worse. Fantastic action films, "abstruse" detective stories, incredible adventure novels - such films are being churned out like on a conveyor belt. Real human feelings and experiences fade into the background, now a beautiful form is in fashion, cultivating vulgar, arrogant behavior, selfishness, and the denial of any ideals. What are the endless erotic scenes worth, pressing only on the physical human needs? And in other types of art, unfortunately, nothing qualitatively new appears. Modern musical performers or the same screenwriters theatrical performances they remake old works in a new way, completely distorting, or rather, if possible, completely eliminating the meaning from there. This is often the whole point of them.

Is it possible to bring up normally developed person based on such art? Modern man reads vulgar literature, looks violent movies, listens to destructive music and at the same time he himself becomes vulgar, cruel and blind. Our contemporary cannot properly assess the situation and find a way out of it, because "in order to think about the world around you, you need to see this world." By creating works that do not reflect anything other than the artist’s well-being at the time of the creation of this work, or by replacing art with a beautiful form that does not carry any meaning at all, the creator destroys the ability of mankind to come closer to understanding the surrounding reality, nature, society, man, and himself too . But “truth is the similarity of our representations, or concepts, with the thing itself. It should be the basis of every work. fine arts» . V.I. also wrote about this. Lenin: “There are really, objectively, three members 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 = reflect the nature of all, completely, its “immediate wholeness”, he can only eternally approach this, creating abstractions, concepts, laws, scientific picture world, etc., etc.”

Now, perhaps, everyone who decides to engage in creative activity and at the same time tries not to die of hunger, they admonish with this phrase: “first earn yourself a name, and then the name will work for you.” Capitalism strictly dictates its conditions: if you want to live, sell yourself. What sells best? Fictional mythical utopias, abstract surrealistic paintings, enticing, enchanting landscapes, without any deep subtext. Such works are created that stupefy and lead thoughts into oblivion. Why? There is no profit in painting injustice existing world, there is no benefit in highlighting the problems of modern society. Because such works would make the public think, think about the imperfection of the modern world. Art loses its main function - the function of reflecting reality, while it grows a limited, insensitive and blind consumer. “Art must first of all reflect real life people, and not to inspire that everything is fine. There is advertising for this, it requires, forces you to buy, shave, wash, perfume, go on vacation, and so on.

Today, many people agree that modern Art is the decomposition of the old and does not play a creative role in the formation of personality. These people try to educate themselves and their children in the spirit of the classics, closing their eyes to modern life. Of course for normal development a person needs to master the riches of culture accumulated by all previous generations. But to create a qualitatively new in any area, 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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5. Lenin V.I. Full composition of writings. Ed. 5th, v.45.

6. Lifshits E.M. "Art and the modern world", M., 1978.

• Music can help a person feel the beauty, relive the moments of the past
• The power of art can change a person's life
• The paintings of a truly talented artist reflect not only the appearance, but also the soul of a person.
• In difficult situations, music inspires a person, gives him vitality.
• Music can convey to people thoughts that cannot be expressed in words.
• Unfortunately, art can push a person to spiritual degradation.

Arguments

L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace". Nikolai Rostov, who lost a huge amount of money for his family in cards, is in a dejected, depressed state. He does not know what to do, how to confess everything to his parents. Already at home, he hears the beautiful singing of Natasha Rostova. The emotions caused by the music and singing of the sister overwhelm the soul of the hero. Nikolai Rostov realizes that there is nothing more important in life than all this. The power of art helps him overcome fear and confess everything to his father.

L.N. Tolstoy "Albert". In the work, we learn the story of a poor violinist with an outstanding talent. Once at the ball, the young man begins to play. With his music, he touches the hearts of people so much that he immediately ceases to seem poor and ugly to them. Listeners seem to relive best moments their lives, return to what is lost forever. Music influences Delesov so strongly that tears begin to flow down the cheeks of a man: thanks to music, he is transported to his youth, remembers the first kiss.

K.G. Paustovsky "The Old Chef". Before dying, the blind old cook asks his daughter Maria to go outside and call any person to confess the dying. Maria does this: she sees a stranger on the street and conveys her father's request. The old cook confesses to the young man that he has committed only one sin in his life: he stole a golden saucer from the service of the Countess Thun in order to help his sick wife Martha. The desire of the dying man was simple: to see his wife again as she was in her youth. The stranger begins to play the harpsichord. The power of music has such a strong influence on the old man that he sees moments from the past as if they were real. The young man who gave him these moments turns out to be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a great musician.

K.G. Paustovsky "Basket with fir cones". In the woods of Bergen great composer Edvard Grieg meets Dagny Pedersen, the daughter of a local forester. Communication with the girl prompts the composer to write music for Dagny. Knowing that a child cannot appreciate all the charm classical works, Edvard Grieg promises to give Dagny a gift in ten years, when she turns eighteen. The composer is true to his word: ten years later, Dagny Pedersen unexpectedly hears a song dedicated to her musical composition. Music causes a storm of emotions: she sees her forest, hears the sound of the sea, the shepherd's horn, the whistle of birds. Dagny cries tears of gratitude. Edvard Grieg discovered for her the beauty of what a person should really live.

N.V. Gogol "Portrait". The young artist Chartkov quite by accident acquires a mysterious portrait with his last money. main feature of this portrait - incredibly expressive eyes that seem alive. Unusual picture does not give rest to everyone who sees it: it seems to everyone that the eyes are following him. Later it turns out that the portrait was painted by a very talented artist at the request of the usurer, whose life story is striking in its mystery. He did his best to convey these eyes, but then he realized that these were the eyes of the devil himself.

O. Wilde “Portrait of Dorian Gray”. Basil Hallward's portrait of the handsome young Dorian Gray - best work artist. The young man himself is delighted with his beauty. Lord Henry Wotton tells him that this is not forever, because all people grow old. In his feelings, the young man wishes that this very portrait would grow old instead of him. Later it becomes clear that the wish comes true: any act committed by Dorian Gray is reflected in his portrait, and he himself remains the same. A young man begins to commit inhuman, immoral acts, and this does not affect him in any way. Dorian Gray does not change at all: by the age of forty he looks the same as in his youth. We see that a magnificent picture, instead of a beneficial influence, destroys the personality.

A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin". Music can warm a person's soul even in difficult times. war time. Vasily Terkin, the hero of the work, plays the harmonica of the murdered commander. From music people become warmer, they go to music like fire, start dancing. This allows them to forget about hardships, difficulties, misfortunes at least for a while. The comrades of the slain commander give the accordion to Terkin so that he will continue to amuse his infantry.

V. Korolenko "The Blind Musician". For the hero of the work, the musician Petrus, music has become the true meaning of life. Blind from birth, he was very sensitive to sounds. When Petrus was a child, he was attracted to the melody of a pipe. The boy began to reach for music and later became a pianist. He soon became famous, his talent was much talked about.

A.P. Chekhov "Rothschild's Violin". People tried to avoid Yakov Matveevich, a gloomy and rude person. But a melody accidentally found touched his soul: for the first time, Yakov Matveyevich felt ashamed for offending people. The hero finally realized that without malice and hatred, the world around him would be simply beautiful.

IN modern society there has been a clear trend towards the development of logic. Dry logical thinking necessary for the assimilation of information, advancement in career ladder, obtaining a high social status. Often, even in communication with others, people build a dialogue based on rational calculation, 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 do not even think about the fact that the emotional sphere also needs development. As a result, the personality is disharmonic. She stands firmly on her feet, but inside she feels emptiness, 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 "crush" our own experiences, trying to be reasonable, to respond adequately. If you do this all the time, it will the accumulation of a load of unreacted experiences. They do not go anywhere, but find a way out through illness (mainly psychosomatic), constant dissatisfaction, irritability and emptiness. Art will help to correct such a deplorable situation.

The healing power of art

Art- the sphere of human life, which touches the "strings of the soul". Drawing, playing music, doing modeling, writing poetry and prose, creating applications and needlework, a person gives an outlet to accumulated experiences, fears, mental stress. Scientists have proven that people who systematically engage in creativity are more stress-resistant, they better learn new information, have more flexible thinking, quickly adapt to new circumstances, find optimal solutions in non-standard situations and notice beauty in everyday situations, everyday things. The passive perception of works of art has a similar effect: listening to your favorite music, watching movies, reading books, perceiving pictures.

The results of the experiments showed that neurogenesis(formation of new neurons) occurs even in adulthood. Its intensity directly depends on the lifestyle. The education system, the work environment is almost entirely aimed at the development of 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 can't draw, so it makes no sense to waste time on this. But the main thing is not the perfect 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 out” the accumulated baggage of emotions into creativity.

Effective art methods to quickly get rid of negative experiences:

1. "Drawing".

Take pencils (pens or felt-tip pens are not suitable for this purpose). Remove everything from the set. dark shades. Then take an A5 sheet and start filling in the white space bright colors. This will allow you to distract from negative thoughts and relax a little.

1. State harmonization.

To harmonize the work of the right and left hemispheres (emotions and logic), take a pencil or pen in two hands and start drawing the same symbols at the same time. 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 the state and look at the problem situation from a new angle.