Hostility to Art

Plato never thought artists would be able to concretize an abstract idea. For him, it has something to do with philosophy when it comes to interpretation of ideas.According to him, artworks are deceiving in a way that it hinders us from acknowledging  the truth that is why artworks should be prohibited in the society. He even added that the arrangement of the universe is drawn out of a mathematical rule making it a prudent idea. In order to affirm what is imitation, Plato has given a significant idea which has become a firm basis of art's imitation to nature.

PlatO: Beauty is an Idea

Even though Plato and Aristotle had no contribution when it comes to art, their thinking was somehow associated with it. Their idea about form and content were first heard in their speech about imitation. Plato and Aristotle somehow differ in their view  of imitation. For Plato, imitation is more focused on the ''Idea'' which is the totality of all the existing things.