Visual Arts · Art Theory & Visual Culture
A topic within Art Theory & Visual Culture, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Visual Arts.
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Clive Bell
Argues that what makes something art is "significant form" alone -- lines and colours combined in a way that moves the viewer aesthetically -- so that representing anything real or telling a story is beside the point of judging a painting.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Roger Fry
Argues a painting's value lies in its formal relations of line, volume and colour, not in the story it tells or how faithfully it copies appearances.
about 5 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026