3. Art Theories

Action Theory is

art = (process/idea)

art = process

The canvas began to appear as an arena in which to act… what was to go on the canvas is not a ____ but an ____

-_______, ____

The canvas began to appear as an arena in which to act… what was to go on the canvas is not a picture but an event

-Harold Rosenburg, 1952

He is an American painter that practiced action story

Jackson Pollock

Sand Painting refers to

pouring colored sand and powdered minerals

Navojo Sand Painting

• ____ that attracts the spirit that _____

• portal that attracts the spirit that heal the sick

Formalism refers to

combination of perpetual elements

What are the perpetual elements

1) Line

2) Shape

3) Color

4) Texture

5) Form

Who was the artist that stated that significant form is essential in art

Clive Bell

Non-Figurative Art

• does not contain any ____

• formal ___& ____

• does not contain any representation

• formal patterns & designs

Arabsque

Mondorian

Malevich

Kandinsky

Optical art

vasarely

Tinalak

Tinalak

He is the artist that stated that art is composed of shape such as spheres, cylinders, cones

Paul Cezanne

Objectification

• _____ form is seen as _____

• Visual form is seen as an imitation/representation

Institutional theory

• Art as the ____ of ____ in the artworld

• Art as an ______ in ______

• Art as the integration of objects the artworld

• Art as an institution in society

Artworld is

The people that influence art

Who coined the word ‘artworld'?

George Dickie

Artwork as an artifact

Arthur Danto