![]() ![]() The ancient Greek author Homer's tales of epic adventure had elicited the minds of readers for centuries, but when German businessman and amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the ruins of Troy, the tales took on a whole new life. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, readers have been seduced, and not only by the stories themselves, but by their creators and the environment in which they were inspired as well. Throughout the history of the art of literature, from the earliest known examples of creative writing such as the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh to the latest of J.K. Frankenstein and of his own creation in the monster, this argument falls very much into the realm of truth and she and her creation can prove a most infamous example of how the history surrounding both the creation and the creator can ignite the imagination of souls far into the future. For Mary Shelley, the enigmatic creator of Dr. When history, time period, ambiance and creator are all pondered as parts of the creation itself, that creation takes on a whole new life. Although this kindling between Life and the Art that is created can most assuredly be described as a two-way street, where one is heavily reliant on the other, it can also be argued that any piece of art, including the art of the written word, is made more whole, more complete and so often even more intriguing when the history of the artist is taken into account. ![]() For these philosophers, that which is created can have a much more profound affect on the creator than even the creator had on the art he has birthed. For many like Wilde, it is Life itself that is molded and more heavily influenced by the literature, art and music that is aesthetically experienced within it. It was only when art and literature suggested and portrayed this beauty to the imaginations of beholders that the fog took on romantic qualities. Wilde once explained that before the fogs of London were written about, their beauty remained hidden. As the author outlines in his 1889 essay, The Decay of Lying, Art itself, in any form, can hold influence and power over they way individuals and even societies as a group perceive the world and situations around them. ![]() As a most outspoken proponent of the anti-mimetic philosophical movement, Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde noted the propensity throughout history for Art to influence everyday life. ![]()
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