The nature of artistic creativity: a historical-philosophical review

authors: Roman Bogachev, Tamara Rudenko, Anna Kostromina, Svitlana Babina, Fedir Haiduk

 Relevance of the research.  In the process of artistic creativity, values are created that are eternal in nature. Artistic creativity reflects the freedom of the human spirit. Thanks to creativity, a person changes not only the world around him, but also his environment, everyday life. In artistic activity, he acquires aesthetic development, perceives the world according to the laws of beauty. Artistic creativity is a unique activity in which many mental qualities of a person are revealed, because the creative process takes place at the highest level of consciousness. In the process of creative activity, the intellectual, emotional, and volitional spheres of the personality develop.

Problem statement. The problem of artistic creativity, its nature, and its role in the formation of personality have always been considered by philosophers, and today the use of artistic creativity for the development of a comprehensively harmonious personality is an important and relevant problem. Artistic creativity has been studied by many scientists. In creativity, a person affirms the basic life values - goodness, beauty, truth.

Analysis of recent research and publications. The works of N. Barvina, O. Bosenko, B. Novikov, A. Kanarsky, L. Levchuk,  V. Molyaka, O. Morshchakova, V. Shynkaruk are devoted to the study of creativity. The features of the artistic development of reality, the artistic value of art are considered in the works of I. Volkova, S. Kramskaya, V. Molyaka, O. Onishchenko. The aesthetic development of personality was studied by T. Katargina,  V. Panchenko. The study examined the philosophical ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Leon-Baptiste Alberti, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola,  F. Bacon, R. Descartes, T. Hobbes, D. Hume, B. Pascal, I. Kant, H. Hegel, F. Schelling, representatives of romanticism such as:  J. G. Byron, H. Heine, F. Schiller, Western European researchers of the 19th-20th centuries: A. Bergson, A. Schopenhauer,  Z. Freud, K. Jung, E. Husserl, M. Heidegger,  K. Jaspers, A. Camus, J.-P. Sartre, works of Ukrainian researchers L. Hubersky,  A. Kanarsky, M. Popovych. Spiritual and moral values of the individual were studied by G. Kostyuk, A. Maslow,  O. Leontiev, K. Rogers, and others. Modern researchers such as V. Andrushchenko, I. Bekh, N. Voznyuk, S. Goncharenko, S. Maksymenko, L. Podolyak consider the problem of educating a spiritual and moral personality.

Research task. The purpose of the study is to consider artistic creativity in philosophical thought, to determine its features, its role in human life. For this, it is necessary to analyze the philosophical heritage of thinkers of antiquity, to determine the features of the aesthetic views of philosophers of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Modern Age, German classical philosophy, the ideas of  non-classical philosophy regarding the understanding of artistic creativity and modern aesthetic and art historical ideas. It is important to understand the aesthetic and artistic experience of the past and present, basic values, aesthetic categories, various types and genres of art.

Main material presentation. In the process of artistic comprehension of the world, a person learns and transforms reality according to the laws of beauty. The development of perception, imagination, understanding of beauty in nature, the development of creative abilities for artistic creativity, and appreciation of art are components of the aesthetic development of the personality. The properties of works of art and their impact on humans are considered through the concept of beauty. The main means of aesthetic development of the individual is artistic creativity, the result of which is new artistic values. Each historical era embodies the characteristic stylistic features of various types of art. In artistic creativity, self-expression of the individual occurs. With the help of artistic means, such as color, sound, form, the artist's creative idea is embodied in a work of art. Artistic creativity is the highest form of human aesthetic activity. It contributes to the aesthetic development and formation of the spiritual and moral values of the individual. As a productive human activity, artistic creativity will always require individuality, because it is in works of art that the individuality of the author-artist is revealed.

Conclusions. In the process of artistic creativity, the artist creates aesthetic value in the form of a work of art. The practical activity of the artist is combined with the creative mental activity of the person who masters the work of art. Thanks to artistic creativity, the spiritual world of a person is improved, he develops an interest in creative activity, and relationships with other people are harmonized. Artistic creativity is a tool for cognition and transformation of reality, the result of which are works of art. A work of art as an object of perception by other people embodies not only the artistic material realized, generalized and reflected by the artist, but also the level of aesthetic development of the artist, and also contributes to the development of aesthetic taste, experiences, and values of the subject of perception. In artistic creativity, a person not only changes the world around him, but also develops himself - studies the types, genres, stylistic features of art, realizes aesthetic and spiritual and moral values.

Key words: artistic creativity, aesthetic development, artistic activity, person, personality, beauty, art, harmony, spirituality, moral and spiritual values, spiritual world of the individual.

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