ARTS

• Theories of Art


  • Imitationism
  • Representationism
  • Formalism
  • Expressionism
  • Aesthetic Hedonism
  • Aesthetic Functionalism
  • Action Theory
  • Institutional Theory
• Imitationism


  Idealist Theory of Art
• Imitationism by Plato


  • It answers the questions "What is beauty?" and "What is the essence of beautiful things?" and "What is art?" and "What is the essence of art?"
  • It suggests three types of world: World of Being, World of Becoming, and World of Art
• World of Being


  The reality, unchanging and eternal, the universal form of any idea in metaphysical form, the idea of beauty
• World of Becoming


  The appearance, the changing, and temporal world, the appearance of the reality and where beautiful things exist
• World of Art


  The imitation or illusion of what is seen from the physical thing
• Pythagoras


  Cosmological theory of music - the sound of the universe is the sound of music
• Plato


  Epistemological theory of music - music is for the soul, gymnastics is for the body
• Augustine


  Theological theory of music - singing is praying twice over
• Representationism


  Art is an image, an appearance, a copy, or a reproduction of things, people, objects, or events
• Ways of Representing Nature

  • Physical Alteration - changing the physical appearance of nature
  • Selective Modification - enhancing the appearance of nature
  • Perceptual Interpretation - copying nature according to the choice of the artist
• Formalism


  Art is the combination of perceptual elements, art is non-figurative because it does not contain any representation
• Formalist Theory of Art


  • Art is born from the inner necessity of the artist in an enigmatic, mystical way through which it acquires an autonomous life and becomes an independent subject, animated by a spiritual breath
  • Kandinsky's categories of paintings: Impressions, Improvisations, Compositions
• Expressionism


  The transfer of the artist's expression of emotions and ideas into an art
• Periods of Classical Music

  • Baroque
  • Classical
  • Romantic
• Aesthetic Hedonism


  Beauty is pleasure, ugly is pain
• Aesthetic Functionalism


  The person's feeling of need of an object which satisfies their needs, form follows function
• Action Theory of Art

  Style of abstract expressionism by Jackson Pollock, the process of putting, dripping, pouring, and splashing paints on the canvas
• Institutional Theory of Art

  Art is an institution in society, the artworld (artists, critics, historians, patrons, museums, etc.) determines what is considered art
• For something to become art, it must pass all the standards set by the artworld institution