What do I must do

Exposition has opened and much persons went in for a first look and with promise that after a second when public will has been much less will go again; among these persons a woman, with a white dress and train very long, has went in and she looked every painting with attention, director of museum became curious approached to woman and after greeted asked: “Can I have your invite lady?”, and woman: “My invite is for all master that have worked for these painting, I am art and my name is art”, director was much astonish and asked: “Lady how are you?”, and woman: “Very good, but I am art, and I would like that you and other meet for a discussion around what is function of art, what do you think?”, while director has called security, but he same stopped policeman and asked: “Why?”, and woman: “Because in these rooms are very much persons your guests, but if you ask to them because they are here and what is function of these painting, they don’t know answer because they not know what is function of art”. The director, for a moment, though and after he called for a meet every guest, and he advised them that to next room will be a meet for a discussion around an argument very interesting, what is art and what is her function. Public together at next room and much chairs and guest set; therefore the director called the woman and: “You want show what is argument for this meet, well, do it”. Woman, alias Art, asked to public that was around: “What does is my function for each man and during the history, and for the future?” guests looked one other and one said: “Yes, it is true! Why we are here?” and other guest: “Because I have interest for art and painting”, and guest before: “Cook up, and you know it very well; you work for investment trust and you know the art like Latin language”, and this guest asked, softly, to his wife: “What is Latin language?”, and second guest continued: “What is function of art? I think that a motive for this work is, but I don’t know what is!” Other guest that has followed all discussion said: “You are asking what function has art, but I think that first you must ask if art has a function, because first we must clear it, not what is function, but if it has function.” Guests saw one other and somebody said: “Yes we must consider if art has function, and this is argument, but I think that  we must ask it to art same”, and turned to woman he asked: “What is your function?”, and Art: “I educate mankind and I teach what is holy and laic history”, then some guest asked: “What do you teach? I can’t believe that you can teach something”, and Art: “Why? This skepticism? For Plato art is every human work one for manage and other for to know, but today we enjoy concept of Aristoteles who limited art and her function, for him art is alone that is worked, and not certainly casual, science isn’t art, concept that has Plato, but by first century after Christ, Free art, because worthy for free man, and these were share for seventh, this is Grammar, Geometry, Logic, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Music, Architecture and Medicine, and other during Middle Age, as Saint Thomas has excluded Medicine and Architecture, because not necessary for soul man; but Immanuel Kant has gave share and mean that we today have, aesthetical art and practical art; that is destined for alone pleasure is aesthetical art but practical art is functional art, and it hasn’t motive for to be considered art, but alone worked.”, and one guest: “Therefore handicraft isn’t art for you?”, and Art: “Yes, but I share between aesthetical art and practical art, but I think that also handicraft is art, on the contrary is aesthetical art, and is also functional art, because it is useful and also beauty therefore for me also handicraft together all function of art practical and aesthetical”, and a guest “Art that not hasn’t these qualities what is for you then?” and Art: “It is art but functional art and practical art, art must has also an aesthetical motive, something that distinguished this work from rude material, that for Hegel is symbolic art”, and other guest: “Why do you have said that art can teach?”, and Art: “Because every building and palace has a style and function, political, cultural, financial and other, and this task is showed before by architecture, that is an art; some example; in Rome Coliseum is an ancient Roman building, that has function both aesthetical and practical, second for fight of gladiators but has also a function for representative Rome and her power, therefore is very big and very beautiful, but it is representative function is merely political, therefore two function practical and political, this is a typical handicraft work, that we consider alone art, but is architectural, practical, representative and aesthetical work, four function but alone an object, therefore Coliseum together also other science and arts, as Geometry, Arithmetic and Architecture, because for to build it have been necessary these sciences, that now are practical art and not certainly free art”, and same guest: “Yes, very right, but painting what does function has? Political? I don’t think, perhaps aesthetical alone, or not?”, and Art: “Political first, because it shows what a leader can works, and therefore educates and teaches, and this enforces the rule of leader, the portraits spread image of leader, today we have computer or television, but in ancient time was alone art, second it teach history, because wars, miracles, rules and persons are painted or sculptured and we, today, can know them because are present with portraits, and we can keep memory of them because they are present, for painting, sculpture and architecture that are arts, therefore art is necessary also today, for to live”, and a guest laughed: “For to live is impossible”, and Art: “When you will end this visit, do you will go beck to your home, or not?” and guest: “Yes, why?”, because your home is built by an architect and architecture is an art, or not?” and guest: “Yes”, and Art: “Therefore I can leave to live, because architecture is art. Then we have understood today that art is teaching, practical, political, and, above all, that it has a function”. She closed her dress and despaired. Guests stood up and continued for visit of exposition.

Alessandro Lusana