Clive Bell’s “Significant Form” Theory: Its Development and Influence in China
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-259-0_50How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Significant Form; Organization; Composition; Aesthetic Emotion
- Abstract
The development of the “Significant Form” theory in China aims to explore concepts such as “organization,” “composition,” and “aesthetic emotion,” in order to promote the spread and development of artistic form expression, image tools, and meaningful thinking in China. This theory adopts a formalist art aesthetic theory, emphasizing the importance of organizing externalized forms in the aesthetic realm, and considers it as a result of the interaction between the subject and object. While emphasizing the organization of externalized forms, the “Significant Form” theory may neglect the objective factors of organization externalization, leading to an overemphasis on the expression of externalized forms and a lack of pursuit of artistic content. In aesthetic judgment, because it regards the aesthetic emotions of organization externalization as a form of epistemology, it may fall into circular reasoning and move towards mysticism or agnosticism. This is an issue that needs attention and resolution in the development of the theory.
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TY - CONF AU - Zhong Wei PY - 2024 DA - 2024/06/21 TI - Clive Bell’s “Significant Form” Theory: Its Development and Influence in China BT - Proceedings of the 2024 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 464 EP - 478 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-259-0_50 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-259-0_50 ID - Wei2024 ER -