theory of art
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Any theory of art history that stops you from enjoying a painting this good should be laughed out of the lecture hall.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2020
The reader would have to be ready at any time for the author’s personal theory of art or his personal hygiene routine.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2014
He worked for Christie's in London for two years, and in 1983 gained an MA in the history and theory of art from Kent University.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010
Among these, the idea of a “Spanish Manner” seems less pertinent than the “great man” theory of art history.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2010
The drama?—but there the new theory of art becomes too ridiculous: a tragedy on such a plan would be received with alternate yawns of ennui and shouts of laughter.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 by Chambers, Robert