Tyler Stevens
Formalism is the view that art is a form of expressing beauty by using abstract things to show something in a different way. Using your mind to decide what it is that you are looking at whether it be a painting or sculpture. Formalists believe that art is about what you think it is. Romanticism is the view that art is used to show rational aspects of life and also some irrational aspects. It allows us to wander off into the mysteries of life and can be almost considered as imagination at work.
I think that romanticism is the best way to describe art and is the most plausible. To me, art is a way to escape reality, but can also be a way to stay with the rationality of life in different ways. Romanticism has more explanatory breadth than formalism because it allows us to look at art work with the emotional aspects of it as well as the rational aspects of it. Formalism doesn't allow the emotional side of a persons insight on art to show and that alone gives romanticists more explanatory breadth than formalists.
Romanticism has more explanatory depth than formalism too because it gives room for imagination and feeling out the artwork in your own personal way. Formalism is almost a set in stone viewing of the art work and only on the physical realm of things while romanticism allows for a more in depth description of the art work.
I will say , however, that formalists have romanticists beat on simplicity of the theory because there is much less that goes into a formalists view on art than a romanticists view. They look only on the surface of the art instead of what the artist is really trying to convey like the romanticists. In there view, the only thing that matters is how and why it was made and what it is made out of basically. Romanticists go into much more detail.
Romanticism has much more conservatism to our current beliefs today than formalism does. Artists today look at art work with an immense amount of emotion and formalists lack the emotional aspect of art. Artists today show great passion in what they do and that is how I would imagine romanticists to view the art work, with incredible passion.
1.Romanticism and Formalism are the two most plausible explanations of judging pieces of art.
2.Romanticism has much more explanatory breadth, explanatory depth, and conservatism whereas formalism has a little bit more simplicity.
3. Therefore romanticism is the best explanation for judging pieces of art.
I agree with alot of your points, I like how you make real life references to help clarify your answers.
ReplyDelete"I think that romanticism is the best way to describe art and is the most plausible. To me, art is a way to escape reality, but can also be a way to stay with the rationality of life in different ways. Romanticism has more explanatory breadth than formalism because it allows us to look at art work with the emotional aspects of it as well as the rational aspects of it. Formalism doesn't allow the emotional side of a persons insight on art to show and that alone gives romanticists more explanatory breadth than formalists."
This point made it very clear and understandable.
If I were to argue anything it would be that Formalism has more conservatism. I argue this because art does look into emotion but it is also portrayed through the individual person and just a theme of an artwork, not necessarily though 100% of emotion.
Overall I agree just about all the same things as you do.
I agree with you that Romanticism is the best explanation for judging pieces of art. However, I think you should mention the reason for expressing non rational emotions is to show us the mysterious transcendent reality.
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