Analysis Of John Dewey s The Metamorphoses Of Ovid

Throughout history art has been one of the most essential expression that humanity uses to portray emotions, preserve history, communicate and even to just capture one’s own beauty before it demolishes. However, in order for us to understand the real work of art, we have to understand the experience the artist goes through while making a work of art. In â€Å"Art as Experience†, John Dewey states that a real work of art is the experience of making the work of art and not the final piece. For instance, in â€Å"The Metamorphoses of Ovid† Ovid ‘s Arachne serves as an allegory for Dewey’s belief, that art is not the object but the process of creation. John Dewey is an American philosopher considered to be one of the founders of functional psychology. He has also been very influential in education and social reform. In his article â€Å"Art as Experience† he argues that when we think of art, we tend to think of art as objects or things, however he assures we are wrong. Dewey’s theory is that a real work of art is the experience of making the work of art. By emphasizing that we should focus more on the experience of art rather than the work of art itself, we are encouraged to see art through a different lens. Dewey states that â€Å"in order to understand [art] in its ultimate and approved forms, one must begin with it in the raw; in the events and scenes that hold the attentive eye and ear of man, arousing his interest and affording him enjoyment as he looks and listens† (Dewey, 103) meaning the