The document discusses the concept of unity in art. It argues that all great works of art have a characteristic of completeness, where nothing can be taken away or added to the work. This completeness is another name for the principle of unity, where every work of art strives to be a unified experience. The document also examines how cultural unity is strengthened through sharing emotional experiences provided by works of art. Finally, it discusses how art from around the world can bring about global unity by providing a sphere where a global society already exists.

1. THE ARTS AND UNITY

2. Unity in Art
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3. .... a characteristic common to all great works of art,
namely that each work is a thing or rather, an experience
complete in itself from which nothing can be taken away
and to which nothing can be added.

4. .... a characteristic common to all great works of art,
namely that each work is a thing or rather, an experience
complete in itself from which nothing can be taken away
and to which nothing can be added.
For completeness, that characteristic of being a self contained
whole, is simply another name for the principle of unity;
and .............every work of art strives to be a unified experience, ....

5. Illusion and Art
E.H. Gombrinch
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6. ‘‘Why is it that different ages and
different nations have represented the
visible world in such different ways?’’
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7. The artist ‘‘begins not with
his visual impression but
with his idea or concept’’
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8. “The artist adjusts this idea to fit, as
well as it can, the object, landscape,
or person before him or her.”
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9. Unity in Duality
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10. Unity in Duality
Reality

11. Unity in Duality
Reality
interdependent
fluctuating phenomenon

12. Unity in Duality
Reality
Mind meets object
Influence of Mind
Transforms object

13. Unity in Duality
Reality
becomes
Our Reality

14. Cultural Unity
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15. Cultural Unity
...the creations of art heightens his
feelings of identification, of which every
cultural unit stands in so much need, by
providing an occasion for sharing highly
valued emotional experiences.” from Freud’s
Theory of Culture: Eros, Loss and Politics 15

16. Global Unity and the Arts

17. Global Unity and the Arts
The simple truth is that there is one sphere in which there is
no need for "transition" to a global society. For that society
is already here, has been from the beginning and will be
always: that is, the world of the arts of the imagination.
By Kathleen Raine Art by Chen Shaoxiong, Anti Terrorism Variety,

18. Unity in the Arts
Shakespeare and the Dance by WALTER SORELL
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19. And where Shakespeare invisioned song and dance,
as in the fairy scenes and in Oberon's and Titania's
finale, Elizabethan music, used incidentally, or such
modern equivalent as Carl Orif's score, will add,
through their flavor of remoteness, to the moonlit
night and its many dreams. Then these fairy toys,
held against the footlights with a loving and knowing
hand, will turn into stage reality and make a great
dream of a great poet come true. 19

20. Art Tells A Story

21. Art Tells A Story
•To make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

22. Art Tells A Story
•To make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.
•The most important story is our story

23. Art Tells A Story
•To make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.
•The most important story is our story
•The wonder of being human is that we are all different

24. Art Tells A Story
•To make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.
•The most important story is our story
•The wonder of being human is that we are all different
•Our stories, no matter how similar fork and diverge.

25. Art Tells A Story
•To make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.
•The most important story is our story
•The wonder of being human is that we are all different
•Our stories, no matter how similar fork and diverge.
•Our stories, no matter how similar fork and diverge.
•Looking for those differences help us to define ourselves.

26. Story Creates Unity
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27. Story Creates Unity
by allowing artists to express
themselves in the modality at
• which they excel. Telling one
story over and over finding
new audiences across time
and cultures.

29. Tex

30. Tex

31. Tex

32. Prometheus Busted(Michael Martin Murphey)
*based on the Greek play, "Prometheus Bound".
Prometheus was a good friend
of Zeus
But he stole that heavenly fire
He gave it away to the people
they say
People were his heart's desire
He couldn't be trusted
So Zeus had him busted
Bound him to a rock with a
chain
Lord Zeus has his ways
He can drive a man crazy
By leaving him out in the rain
Prometheus got busted

33. The End