Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the

cosmos, from the largest scale (macrocosm or universe-level) all the way down to the smallest scale (microcosm or sub-sub-atomic or even metaphysical-level). In the system the mid-point is Man, who summarizes the cosmos. The Greeks were philosophically concerned with a rational explanation of everything and saw the repetition of the golden ratio throughout the world and all levels of reality as a step towards this unifying theory. In short, it is the recognition that the same traits appear in entities of many different sizes, from one man to the entire human population. Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of - "Macro-" and - "Micro-", which are Greek respectively for "large" and "small", and the word ksmos which means "order" as well as "world" or "ordered world." macrocosm (m k r -k z m) n. 1. The entire world; the universe. 2. A system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts. Microcosm and macrocosm are two aspects of a theory developed by ancient Greek philosophers to describe human beings and their place in the universe. These early thinkers viewed the individual human being as a little world (mikros kosmos) whose composition and structure correspond to that of the universe, or great world (makros kosmos, or megas kosmos). Kosmos at this time meant "order" in a general sense and implied a harmonious, and therefore beautiful, arrangement of parts in any organic system; hence it also referred to order in human societies, reflected in good government. Comparisons between society and the human being, as well as society and the universe, were varieties of microcosmic theory. These analogies enjoyed a long life, first in the Mediterranean region during antiquity and later throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. The ideas were commonplace during the Renaissance and early modern times but lost their plausibility when a mechanistic model of the universe became dominant in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, but here refers to the visual arts, which cover the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media What is the difference between nature and art? Answer: Art is created by humans; nature isn't. art mimics real life, the beauty of nature is an excellent source for the canvas. There is a deeper meaning to the art created by man rather than the beauty of nature itself.

What is the difference between Art and Nature? As for differences between art and nature, it is well known that nature is original and art is only a creation by human beings. Art tries to replicate things natural but nature will always remain supreme. There is another difference between art and nature and it is the manner in which much deeper meaning is conveyed by an artist on his canvas though he appears to mimic nature. Howsoever beautiful the creation by humans may be, art can never be better or more beautiful than nature itself.

Meanings of Art Art comes from the Aryan root word "AR" which means to join or to put together. From "AR", we can derive two Greek verbs "artizein" which means to prepare, and "arkiskeins" which means to put together. The Latin term "ARS" means everything that is artificially made or composed by man. Art - very vital in our daily existence considering that man learned to draw before he could even start to talk as attested by the early paintings shown in prehistorical period. - the arts are the concrete pieces of eveidence in the study of the humanities ranging from the prehistoric stone tools of the primitive men to the more advanced and more complex implements and machinery of the modern man. Nature of Art 1. Art is not nature; art is made by man. - It is man's interpretation of objects perceived by him as art has been created by all people at all times. 2. Art's greatest achievement is that it creates a permanent impression of the passing scene, unlike a fresh flower which will not stay fresh - somehow it withers. But the freshness of the flower as captured in a simple painting will always stay fresh. Therefore, art never grows old as recorde by the artist's vision. The main purpose of art is to entertain the audience in many techniques like using colors or lines and making you really ponder over what you see. 3. Art imitates life and one can tell the values, traditions, feelings and dreams as well as aspirations of the artist which

are clearly manifested in his own use of colors, lines, forms and symbols. The artist's own style and approaches give achance to preserve life with the use of particular media. There are other meanings which have been stated by prominent geniuses. 1. Leo Tolstoy - Russian novelist, "art is a means of union among all men, a means of communication." 2. Beneditto Croce - Italian philosopher and profound thinker in the field of aesthetics. - "Art is vision. The artist creates a picture of phantasm." 3. St. Thomas Aquinas - art is the direct opposite of the practical. The merits of the work of art do not depend on the taste or wish of the artist; they are the outcome of the work itself. Thus, an artist may be immoral, and yet his work may be good. 4. Aristotle - art has no other end but itself. All arts are patterned on nature. Art is also the right reason for making things. 5. Aldous Huxley - art springs from an urge to order and this is so in the sense that the artist selects from and arranges the rpofusion of nature. 6. Henry James - life is all inclusion and confusion, while art is discrimination and selection. 7. Herbert Read - art is a pattern informed by sensibility, emotion which cultivates good form, both leading to haqrmony, which is the satisfaction of our sense of beauty. 8. Emile Zola - art is a corner of nature seen through a temperament. 9. John Dewey - art is experience...the refined and intensified forms of experience are works of art.