Blog Post 4

Neli Pani

Professor Rex

PHI 100

2 December 2014

Blog Post 4

Formalism is the purpose of art that represents ideas that create a structure a reality and shows the behavior. Romanticism is a major part of art because it’s able to express nonrational emotions.

Formalism is the most plausible than romanticism. Art is most known for the beauty people create it. Art is internal beauty and it will always there. From year to come, people will appreciate it. Romanticism wouldn’t be plausible because it doesn’t explain the beauty of the world. It only talks about emotions and how experiences are unrelated.

For explanatory breadth, romanticism shows more works of art than formalism because with the romanticism it shows emotions and the reason why art is important. It makes us aware that the expressions of the art are deeper and more mysterious than what we usually relate to.

For explanatory depth, formalism shows greater detail because the theory represents the formal beauty through senses, emotions and pleasures. From nature to the abstract objects the observer will appreciate the artwork. The difference between formalism and romanticism is that romanticism is dealt with emotions and the mystery of the art, it is also about us being out of touch with nature and us but formalism is the purpose of art and its beauty.

For simplicity, romanticism has fewer parts and is more complicated because its only deals with emotions and the theory is that we are unaware of reality and ourselves. It is complicated because romanticism supposedly makes us aware of a mysterious transcendent reality that we relate to. Also that art isn’t limited but the complication of the theory is that formalism makes more sense and has more parts because it deals with the beauty and the nature and the importance of art.

Conservatism, romanticism theory is more consistent with our current beliefs than formalism. Romanticism is more consistent because it represents the emotions that art give us that we can relate to. Without romanticism life would be complete and not worth living.

1.     Formalism is the most plausible explanations of art.

2.     Formalism has a little more explanatory depth, whereas romanticism has much more explanatory, simplicity, and conservatism.

3.     Therefore, formalism is the best explanation of art.