for art's sake都不知道GT怎麼過325/100？

從託福閱讀到GRE閱讀，一說到藝術文章就讓人忍不住&34;，原因說起來無非就是太抽象或者背景知識不足。更要命的是，ETS的神仙們仿佛不覺得這類文章在刁難我們，不信看下面這段節選自tpo的段落：

The philosophers of Classical Greece recognized it as a defining trait of humans to &34;—to enjoy the very act and triumph of representation. If we were close to a real lion or snake, we might feel frightened. But a well- executed picture of a lion or snake will give us pleasure. Why suppose that our Paleolithic ancestors were any different?

This simple acceptance of art for art&34;for art&34;前後的用詞&34;、&34;就能充分的展示native speaker們對於這一概念的普遍熟悉與接受。

那&39;s sake&34;為了藝術的緣故&34;心靈雞湯鼻祖&34;true&34;自身即價值&39;autoteles&34;自身是完整的&34;內部導向&34;自我激勵&34;愛自己是終身浪漫的開始&34;做自己，因為別人都有人做了&34;藝術本身即價值&39;s Hamlet is not a tract about the behavior of indecisive princes or the uses of political power; nor is Picasso's painting Guernica primarily a propositional statement about the Spanish Civil War or the evils of fascism. What highly creative artistic activity produces is not a new generalization that transcends established limits, but rather an aesthetic particular. Aesthetic particulars produced by the highly creative artist extend or exploit, in an innovative way, the limits of an existing form, rather than transcend that form.

這裡我們可以看到關於科學與藝術區別的討論：對於科學來說，任何東西（新生的鳥兒或璀璨的鑽石）都淪為得出結論的數據；而藝術是不同的，藝術是自我本身的產物，就像哈姆雷特只是哈姆雷特，不是什麼優柔寡斷的王子和權力的爭奪戰，格爾尼卡也只是格爾尼卡，不是法西斯的惡魔化身。