On January 27, we began talking about imitation and how Plato feels that it takes us away from what is real. However, we were presented with the idea that imitation is not recreating the object, but a recreation of the emotion in order to feel it again and share it with others. We continued this discussion through February 1. Art does not seek to copy something, but rather reproduce it, so as to evoke the emotions associated with it, as stated earlier. Reproduction, we found, is actually functional. Each reproduction is original and unique, where a copy only gives the final product of something without the process of how to do it. Re-enacting, therefore, in terms of Drama, could be broken down into: act (to do something), en-act (bring forth something), re-en-act (bring forth something again). Similar to history re-enactors, it is a bringing back of emotions of a time and place from a personal level.
Next, we examined the difference between masquerade and mimic. A masquerade brings forth a character with emotions, where mimic is simply an imitation without feeling. On pg. 86, Van der Leeuw states that art is a reproduction of aesthetic perception; an object that is perceived to be beautiful. However, as we discovered, something beautiful may not always be pleasing; it could be terrifying.
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