A theory of art is intended to contrast with a definition of art. Traditionally, definitions are composed of necessary and sufficient conditions, and a...

idealist view that art expresses emotions, and that the work of art therefore essentially exists in the mind of the creator. The theory of art as form has its...

limited to the theory of beauty, excluding the philosophy of art. Aesthetics typically considers questions of beauty as well as of art. It examines topics...

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the fields of art history and architectural theory, cultural studies, and media theory. The original essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological...

make an abstraction." -- p.xi and chapter 20 of Suzanne K. Langer (1953), Feeling and Form: a theory of art developed from Philosophy in a New Key: New...

works with respect to others of comparable style or sanctioning an entire style or movement; and art theory or "philosophy of art", which is concerned with...

the concept has developed into a theory of how we perceive. For example ideasthesia has been applied to the theory of art and could bear important implications...

Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of aesthetics or the theory of beauty. A...

stereotyping, art history and contemporary art, and aesthetics. Feminist theories first emerged as early as 1794 in publications such as A Vindication of the Rights...