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  2. Theory of art - Wikipedia

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    Some art theorists have proposed that the attempt to define art must be abandoned and have instead urged an anti-essentialist theory of art. [9] In 'The Role of Theory in Aesthetics' (1956), Morris Weitz famously argues that individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions will never be forthcoming for the concept 'art' because it is an ...

  3. Sociology of art - Wikipedia

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    In her 1970 book Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art, Hanna Deinhard gives one approach: "The point of departure of the sociology of art is the question: How is it possible that works of art, which always originate as products of human activity within a particular time and society and for a particular time, society, or function -- even though they are not necessarily produced as ...

  4. Aesthetics of nature - Wikipedia

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    In fact, an art object should be called an artifact. [5] The crane is wildlife on its own and is not an art object. This can be related to Saito's definition of the cognitive view. In elaboration, the crane lives through various ecosystems such as Yellowstone. Nature is a living system which includes animals, plants, and Eco-systems.

  5. Representation (arts) - Wikipedia

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    A work of art may embody an inference process and be an argument without being an explicit argumentation. That is the difference, for example, between most of War and Peace and its final section. 3. Speculative rhetoric or methodeutic. For Peirce this is the theory of effective use of signs in investigations, expositions, and applications of truth.

  6. Nature photography - Wikipedia

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    National Geographic Pictures of the Year: As one of the most respected and well-known organizations for nature photography, National Geographic began its “Pictures of the Year” contest in 2023. It invites photographers, both amateur and professional, to submit photos to compete in one of four categories: nature, people, places, and animals.

  7. 30 Examples Of Surrealism Art That Might Make It Your ...

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    Image credits: surrealism.world Today's list is also full of contemporary surrealist creations. The pictures were collected and shared by Instagram page @surrealism.world, which currently has over ...

  8. Evolutionary aesthetics - Wikipedia

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    Examples include disgust of potentially harmful spoiled foods; pleasure from sex and from eating sweet and fatty foods; and fear of spiders, snakes, and the dark. [1] All known cultures have some form of art. This universality suggests that art is related to evolutionary adaptations. The strong emotions associated with art suggest the same. [1]

  9. Art as Experience - Wikipedia

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    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’.