Machiavelli and art

Machiavelli and art.

"Nor do I hold with those who regard it as a presumption if a man of low and humble condition dare to discuss and settle the concerns of princes; 

because, just as those who draw landscapes place themselves below in the plain to contemplate the nature of the mountains and of lofty places, and in order to contemplate the plains place themselves upon high mountains, even so to understand the nature of the people it needs to be a prince to understand that of princes it needs to be of the people."

  These quotes are from Machiavelli"s book The Prince,well as we know Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher but mostly he is famous  from his book.

    
    Art is a form of expression, true art is something deeper then just an illustration or  simply more than a picture we see with our eyes. This message is not something all human beings can understand easily. In Machiavelli's quote we can see how easily art is accused for being just and an imitation, something lifeless, without feelings or emotions.Sadly many philosophers and professors agree with Machiavelli and point out the state that art is just an imitation. 

    At some point I can't agree with such statement, people may be blind that art is something that must have a soul,well it is true art that should be judged that way, Only something drawn with emotions may be called true art,and when you look at a painting there you have to feel the soul of it,feel those emotions. 

   Machiavelli was a sad poor man in heart who made this book only from his critical situation, so for him to judge about art in such way is very wrong I think. People who are happy and true to themselves may understand true art. The richness,the fantasy a painting may give you.But maybe Machiavelli did understand it, maybe he was only groomed into such political statement that he was suppose to be in to just satisfy other people at that point. So in the end we may never know which is the true meaning of art. All we have to rely is on our own intuition.