Editing Theories of Art (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> ==
* '''Definition of Art''' — The "Necessary and Sufficient" conditions that make something an artwork.
* '''Mimesis''' — The "Classical" theory: Art is "Imitation" or "Copying" of reality.
* '''Expressionism''' (Tolstoy) — The theory that art is the "Communication of Emotion" from the artist to the audience.
* '''Formalism''' (Bell) — The theory that art is "Significant Form": the "Arrangement" of lines, colors, and shapes, regardless of what they represent.
* '''The Institutional Theory''' (Dickie/Danto) — The radical idea that art is a "Social Status" given to an object by "The Art World" (Critics, Curators, Galleries).
* '''The Intentionalist Theory''' — Art is an object made with the "Intention" of being art.
* '''Aesthetic Theory''' — Art is an object designed to provide an "Aesthetic Experience" (Beauty/Awe).
* '''Cluster Theory''' (Gaut) — The view that art "Doesn't have one definition," but a "Cluster of Traits" (e.g., 'Skill,' 'Imagination,' 'Emotion').
* '''Anti-Essentialism''' (Weitz) — The claim that "Art cannot be defined" because it is an "Open Concept" that is always changing.
* '''Readymade''' — An "Ordinary Object" (like a bicycle wheel) that an artist "Selects" and "Names" as art.
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