art as an imitation

• Possibly the oldest conceptions of art we can find are the ideas of art forwarded by Plato and his student Aristotle thousands of years ago.
• According to Plato and Aristotle, art is an imitation of reality.
• The art forms prevalent during their time, such as drama, poetry, and sculptures, simply simulated reality.
• Plato disagrees with the concept of art as an imitation of reality, arguing that the truth should be achieved through rationality.
• The truth, according to Plato, is something that should be achieved through rationality, not through imitations.
• The idea of art as an imitation of reality has some merit, as it is how we evaluate whether a work of art is good - if it is able to mimic what is out there.
• The development of art after thousands of years has seen a shift away from the idea of art as an imitation of reality.
• The technological developments during the Industrial Revolution gave rise to many new ways to do things, including art.
• The invention of the camera challenged the very notion of art because photographs copied reality itself, not just imitating it.