Mimesis: Mimesis (μίμησις) is the imitation or representation of reality in art, literature, and other media. Plato believed that art is a copy of a copy, and that the true reality is the world of the Forms. Aristotle, on the other hand, believed that art is a way of imitating the world and revealing its inner workings. See also Art, Artworks, Literature, Imitation, Nature._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |