Aristotle Art Theory

Aristotle (Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.) is one of the greatestphilosophers of Ancient Greece. Aristotle's aesthstic theory isararityin western aesthetics, The part of Art Theory have greate impact on laterage.This text has probed into the generation process of Aristotle's theoryof art from Aristotle's life and social culture background. Have explainedthe theory of art before Aristotle, it is in inheriting and summarizingforefathers' simple thought foundation of theory of art of materialismto obtain Aristotle's theory of art, have developed what is useful anddiscarded. In Plato's idealistic theory. Have break-through imitating thetheory. The demarcation line, essence, social function on the tragedy,epic, and the music (art) in art are all described in Aristotle's theoryof art, these are also focal points commented in analysis of this text.Through artistic view to analyze Aristotle, This text from three respectto produce Aristotle innovate theory of art: created artistic theoreticalsystem; Innovation of the research approach. Aristotle is real founder oftheory of art of Greek, and influence the theory of art of ancient Greece,and impact on nowadays aesthetics too.But Aristotle lives in the societymore than 2,000 years ago, the society at that time was still in slavesociety, Aristotle was Plato's students, so in his theory always have notcomplete composition of idealistic in Aristotle's artistic thought,there is certain influence on his "imitates and says".