theory of art
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Any theory of art history that stops you from enjoying a painting this good should be laughed out of the lecture hall.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2020
The reader would have to be ready at any time for the author’s personal theory of art or his personal hygiene routine.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2014
He was setting out a theory of art, searching for a definition of value that was truly serious, moral, even political.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2011
Among these, the idea of a “Spanish Manner” seems less pertinent than the “great man” theory of art history.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2010
Plato's low estimate of art appears also in his theory of art as imitation, and his contemptuous references to the nature of artistic genius.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
