An Analysis of the Aristotelian Ethographos Art

Abstract

The term of Ethos was first appeared in the 5th century BC, meaning "nature", "habit" and "custom", in the character of heroes. This term gradually found its place in the views of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle on moral advice aimed at encouraging the socialization of individuals. Aristotle called artists to observe virtue in their works and called such artists ethographer. The Aristotelian ethographos Art is not only used as a criterion for art criticism, but also leads to the unity between the visual and non-visual arts, and in this way, the artist can communicate and influence the audience and allow them to recognize different perspectives. The ethographos Art transcends the function of art beyond the limited scope of subject-object and gives it a role with a social function, and then, vitalize to its material environment and makes possible the understanding of the unattainable concepts of ontology, both in the spatial and human dimensions, and leads to a general agreement.

Keywords

• aristotle
• ethos
• art
• ethography