Aristotle discusses art in nature by first structuring how art can be defined. He explains that the unity of plot is the glue necessary to create and hold art together. He breaks art down into melody, rhythm, rhythm without melody, and such media that is yet to be categorized like tragedy and comedy. He uses the term mimesis---imitation as the guide to all art. So all art is imitation.
When Aristotle speaks of art he mainly means poetry, with poetry he discusses that there are agents, both good and bad, otherwise known as characters, and their actions. He writes that there are patterns with words and characters and that genres can generally be created out of the patterns of words.
Aristotle was a student of Plato. Plato believed art was imitation, and Aristotle argues the same concept through the use of nature. Art is always an imitation, whether the artists is naturally talented at imitation or if they learn skill through time they still engage in imitating the true nature of the world.
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