The Importance Of Traditional Art

Art represents the way that human view the world. The diverse forms of art existent in this world provide reflection of the social and spiritual conditional of the creators; however, some are striving and well-protected, while others are gradually fading way. Each types of art has its own value and meaning, and, therefore, worthwhile to be valued and passed down. In addition, setting up a governmental funding would contribute to carrying forward those neglected, yet meaningful, art. Art accomplishments of the citizens of a country often indicate the level of civilization. By patronizing general education of art, the connoisseurship of the citizen would be improved and the spiritual world would be enriched. However, such governmental sponsoring
The traditional art that are properly inherited and protected could help enhance the national identity of a nation. Therefore, with government funding, these kinds of art, such as calligraphy and Beijing Opera, would be further propagated and pass down to the future generation. Some may argue that it is unnecessary to offer financial support to the artists who devote to the kind traditional art that is already popular. However, a thriving traditional art could become an advertisement of a nation and its culture to the universe. On the other hand, for the endangered traditional art, funding and supporting from the government are extremely important, since they may wither out with the development of the modern society. While, even though the fading of these heritage art could be due to not matching the demanding of the society, the financial supporting are still needed for they could derive from a minority culture which is treasured by a few
Many argue that for the artists who create critical art, especially these reveal the dark side of the society or satirize the present politics, would tend to comply with the inclination of the government who offers them financial aid. As a result, only the positive comment would be kept in their work, and, therefore, art would lose its dependency. Moreover, many masterpieces are derived from the desire of expression strong feelings, such as painful, hopeless, or angry; once the government begins to fund their art, the motivation of their creations are likely to shift to financial need which lead to the violation of the art integrity. Furthermore, some who does not have deep attainment on art may portent to be a reputable artist in order to get money. However, funding could be used to collect and study the critical works from the past. Since critical art, such as caricature, usually reflects the negative side of the society, these collected works could trigger people to learn from the