When we were in Elementary School, our education was basic, but rounded. We had math, science, grammar, literature, music, and art. As we got older and progressed to middle school, we had all of these, but had to choose between music or art. In high school only one fine art required for all four years. Our educations were focused on our future careers. College becomes even more narrow, even at a liberal arts foundation.
Coming on this trip has opened my eyes to so many aspects of the fine arts that I did not see before. To me, one of the most awe-striking art forms were the sculptures. To think of an artist starting with a slab of marble and then producing a beautiful, larger-than-life, realistic model is just unreal. It reminds me of the Neoplatism view of the arts. This notion suggests that art can actually provide a reflector of which we can view the ideal form. It suggests that art fairly accurately represents perfect ideas as they exist in the mind and soul. And lastly, as it reveals the forms, it ultimately reveals the Divine. It is as if the artist has in mind the form they want to achieve and chunk by chunk, piece by piece, grit by grit, a masterpiece arises. It may not be “perfect form,” but it is just about as close as it can come.
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