The Embodiment Of The Spirit Of The Times In Artistic Creation

Art is inseparable from human spirit ever since its occurrence.When art meets religion,the spirit conveyed by art is especially brilliant.After Enlightenment,the combination of art and spirit by Hegel and the modernity view proposed by Baudelaire in the same period influenced the later art history.Internet media and consumer culture construct a more and more nonexistent castle which make the spirit of society anxious,restless,indifferent and disturbed.Lucian Freud and some other contemporary era artists conveyed their feelings for the current era by using their personal observation and characteristic art languages in their works.Era is a limited word,but the realization for an era is unlimited.The deeper and diversified you know the spirit of the era,the more profound and freedom the artwork would be.This article is organized into 4 chapters: Chapter 1.Briefly generalize the connection between art and spirit in history of Western as well as the elaborate the setup of the spirit of art and modernity view.Chapter 2.Based on the research of Jean Baudrillard and Neal Postman on all aspects of modern society and culture,interpret the profile of current society to master the spirit of the era.Chapter 3.Observe how spirit of the era is reflected in contemporary arts in reference to a few works of contemporary artists.Chapter 4.Give a brief description of the connection between era and individual,analyze how spirits affect personal artwork creation.The research point of this article mainly talks about the perspective from the developmental history of western art,and takes spirit of the era as main line,based on the realization of society and culture then combine the emotion conveyed by artists in their works as well as the aesthetics community have on artwork to gain understanding of the connection between artwork and spirit of the era,also give reference to a more effective way of interpreting and creating artworks.