Acerca de la obra de arte

Abstract

The work o f art has been assimilated to mimesis -imitation- in ancient Greece. When a
man succeeded in imitating nature. its harmony. order and perfection. it was said that he had
created a work o f art. There is. nevertheless, a distance between the thing represented in the
work o f art and the work itself There is. in the first place, a meaning o f the work. which goes
beyond the thing that is being represented. beyond the author and his time. In the second
place, we find in the work o f art. a relationship between beauty and trnth. By truth. in this case,
we understand the unconcealedness. the dis-covering o f what is. And fmally. it musí be taken in
consideration the active role played by the person who contemplates the work o f art.