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... The first two theories are the earliest theories of art ever presented:
• The Imitation Theory of Art, by Plato
• The Representation Theory of Art, by Aristotle
And subsequently two later theories:
• The Neo-Representational Theory of Art- based on the Representation Theory of Art by Plato.
• The Expression Theory of Art- based loosely on the Neo-Representational Theory of Art.
As mentioned before all of these theories are seen to be outdated and invalid as a generic view for today’s art world.
“What is art?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions about art and in the majority of cases it is not even recognized as the philosophical question that it is. From very early on in western philosophy, art theory has been discussed; and to this very day it continues to be hotly debated- because as art changes, so too does its philosophy. With this development and progression in art, theories once considered valuable soon become obsolete. All of us, even the more traditional thinker, are able to see plainly that art has surpassed its original theories. ... What is laid out in this theory is that art, drama and visual arts of the time were in imitation of their subject matter; for example it was said that the Greek artist, Zeuxis, was such an accomplished painter that when he painted a picture of a bunch of grapes, his imitation or likeness of real grapes was so great that birds would come down and peck at the painting to try and eat them. Today with all our examples of modern art, abstract painting, conceptual art, installation pieces, computer generated works of music and visual art, the Imitation theory is obviously false. Who would dare to deny that Rothko’s paintings of huge expanses of colour are not art? ... )
The same applies to any computer generated sound pieces; these sounds are not trying to imitate anything in order to be art, but precisely the opposite. ... It is obvious that although it is quite probable Imitation Theory was valid in Plato’s day, it fails for art today.
Approximate Word count = 1735
Approximate Pages = 6.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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