A View To Philosophy On The Process Of Artistic Creation

The phenomenon of art has always been one of the primary subjects that philosophers preoccupied, ever since the early ages.Along with how and under which circumstances the process of creation is being occurred and the reason of people's need for it; it is also the reason of people's sympathy and the meanings that people assigned to it that always catches the attention of people.This phenomenon has also drawn the attention of many philosophers since Plato and the philosophers had also expressed different opinions on this topic.While Plato approaches the art as "the reflection of the idea"; Aristoteles states that the art "reflects or should reflect what is supposed to be".When humankind's general development and sociology is considered; this curiosity and the need of analysing the art is still continues.In this study; the philosophical content and interpretations in the art of music are being revealed with examples from the history and the philosophical meaning that various musical pieces from different periods of time contains are trying to be solved and explained in the light of these examples.