艺术为人类文明中重要的一部分,毋庸置疑。艺术与宗教、哲学、科学、道德、历史等等共同构成了社会本身,而每一部分又有其独立的、特殊的、区别他物的性质,不容混淆。但这种界限和意义似乎从未明晰了然。艺术曾经一度被称为工具,或是作为宗教弘法道具,或是作为道德宣传工具,或是服务于某一政治目的。及至近世,则或倡言为人生而艺术,或宣告为艺术而艺术。艺术终结、绘画死亡等论说也纷纭不已。种种此类,不禁使人发问:艺术是否 Art is an important part of human civilization, no doubt. Art and religion, philosophy, science, morality, history, etc., together constitute the society itself, and each part has its own independent and special nature of distinguishing other things and should not be confused. But such boundaries and implications seem never clear. Once art was known as a tool, either as a religious prophesy, as an ethical propaganda tool, or as a service for a political purpose. Until recently, art was advocated for life or declared art as art. End of the art, drawing death and other theories are endless. All sorts of this, can not help but ask: art is