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Theories of aesthetic response [1] or functional theories of art [2] are in many ways the most intuitive theories of art. At its base, the term "aesthetic" refers to a type of phenomenal experience, and aesthetic definitions identify artworks with artifacts intended to produce aesthetic experiences. Nature can be beautiful and it can produce ...
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. [1] [2] [3] Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. [2] [3] A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation [1] [2] [3] but it is questionable whether such criticism can transcend prevailing socio ...
Goethe famously said in 1807 that painting "lacks any established, accepted theory as exists in music". [2] [3] Kandinsky in 1911 reprised Goethe, agreeing that painting needed a solid foundational theory, and such theory should be patterned after the model of music theory, [2] and adding that there is a deep relationship between all the arts, not only between music and painting.
It takes endless time and care to make something special. Here, a look into the process behind three feats of creativity.
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of art. [78] [79] [80] Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. [79] [80] A goal of art criticism is the pursuit of a rational basis for art appreciation [78] [79] [80] but it is questionable whether such criticism can transcend prevailing ...
Dewey's theory is an attempt to shift the understandings of what is essential and characteristic about the art process from its physical manifestations in the ‘expressive object’ to the process in its entirety, a process whose fundamental element is no longer the material ‘work of art’ but rather the development of an ‘experience’.
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There are many different theories of interpretation. On the one hand, there may be innumerable interpretations for any given piece of art, any one of which may be considered valid. [2] However, it may also be claimed that there really is only one valid interpretation for any given piece of art.