"Mastery of the Artistic Spirit":Its Connotation and Theoretical Foundation

Mastery of the artistic spirit is one unique way by which people master the world,as the nature of literature and art,it is also an important mark which differs literature and art from other ideology forms.Its contents are not only reflected in the epistemology,but also reflected in the practice;it not only contains the acknowledging method of art,but also the method of art practice.Mastery of the artistic spirit not only includes acknowledging and understanding the world,but also points to the scheme and expression of art works which are called creation.The statement is based on abundant literary and artistic practice of human history.Therefore,Marxist classical writers' scientific statement,Mastery of the artistic spirit,is of epoch-making significance both in theory and practice in terms of the human relations with the world and the literary art's nature and discipline.