Lecture 5 Flashcards
Art is the combination of perceptual elements that is why it is non-figurative art
Formalism
True or false: Artwork that follows the perspective of formalism does not contain any representation
True
Art for art’s sake notion or art as an end in itself
Gautier’s
This refers to how lines and curves span a distance between two points
Formalism
Who said that to appreciate art, we bring with us nothing from life. What is essential in art is only the significant form
Clive Bell
Artists need to look at nature and things only as forms made up of spheres, cylinders, cones
Formalism
It is the one quality common to all works of visual art
Significant form
What is the meaning of the latin word for expression
Pressing outward
Art is essentially involved in bringing feelings to the surface
Expressionist
What is transferred in expressionist theory of art
Emotion
Art is a controlled activity; not an outburst
True, according to expressionist theory of art
Something is beautiful when it is pleasurable
Aesthetic hedonism
Who formulated aesthetic hedonism (whatever is good is what brings pleasurable experience to the individual person)
Aristipus and Epicurus
Who wrote a treatise in Aesthetics entitled Observations on the Feelings of the Beautiful and the Sublime
Immanuel Kant
Pleasure one experiences as he responds to it
Subjective Taste