Reeven Vincent V. Ajero

Mr. Ryan Abeledo

CDF 101

27 June 2012

 

Ever since man has started to become smart enough to form groups and packs to live and survive more efficiently the feeling of pride is unavoidable and memories unforgettable. Remembering their past victories in hunting they paint it in walls of caves which is their home thus the birth of Art.

Exactly how does art reflect man’s desire to explain the world around him? Well one thing’s for sure, art is one of the reasons why we have progressed to what we are now. The animals and plants the cavemen have killed and harvested were painted on to walls so they will not forget it. Soon enough man became curious of how he was brought to earth, so they created beliefs and religions to be able to answer all their questions which they believed to be true. Man Created art works of their creators on walls of their home or place of worship, just as the ancient Egyptians were. Art is what man wants to reveal to the people. It is the artist’s emotions and it is how the artist perceives the world around him. Art reflects man’s desire to explain the world by revealing knowledge that the artist possess that the artist doesn’t want to expose to the public. Simply by making an angry man draw something, the drawing when he was happy is surprisingly different from when he was happy. Art can show us the hidden truth in us and the world around us.

Every year new inventions and innovations arise and every day we accelerate towards a brighter future, but art has always been a big part in the evolution of man. Art has brought us a prosperous civilization by strengthening our religion and reminding us of how we used to be and how to want to be. Man has been the superior being amongst the animals because of our great intellect but a hidden potential lies within us that each and every one of us has yet to discover, our strength which will lead us to our destiny. Art Has its ways of manipulating the man’s brain, just like the media today some art makes the mind think the way the art wants it to think. When a man creates an artwork usually he unconsciously adds small hits of his emotions while he is making them. There for man may think of something this way yet others may think of it differently. Images of War and Dispute may show man’s ignorance and greed and yet images like Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci reveal the Great Potential of human beings. In the times of Ancient Egypt, the people believed that the pharaoh was a man that is destined to become a god. With this they believed that when born they have a chance to live an immortal life. The Afterlife is believed in Egyptian, catholic and in almost all religions. The people believe that they have a better purpose in life and is determined to be much more than who they are now. Man has the potential to evolve in to something that exists only in our wildest imagination.

Art has helped us Evolve from mere animals living in caves into meisters of art creating gleaming metropolises. Without it we could have been nothing but wild animals.