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The whole aim of art is to deceive. Success is achieved when the spectator mistook an imitation for reality. ... Plato espoused the Mimetic Theory of Art, which says art is merely an imitation of life. Plato himself felt that since art's function was to imitate life it was useless and in fact could be dangerous.
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www.associatedcontent.com/article/296637/arrogance_plat...
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Mimetic Theory, The Mimetic Theory is concerned with the art work itself. It is a reflection of nature. The work is a correct representation of reality. ...
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This site has a large variety of Art? Do any of these fall into the category of Mimetic Art? How and why do the art works you chose fit in the Mimetic Theory...
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Mimesis is one of the most fundamental ideas in Western poetics. Mimetic theories constitute a mainstream in Western aesthetics. In comparative studies of Chinese and Western poetics, however, there exists a widely accepted opinion that mim...
http://poeticstoday.dukejournals.org/cgi/content/abstra...
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lishes imitation as a transcultural human instinct and mimetic theory in art as a uni- versal idea across cultural traditions. ...
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poeticstoday.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/26/3/459.pdf
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Also, what I thought was interesting was the revolution he was describing, so I didn’t mind him saying “the” mimetic theory. I don’t think he was asserting one unified theory of art prior to Kant. If asked, I’m sure he would readily admit to gross oversimplification.
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www.catapultmagazine.com/boards/etcetera/threads/kant-s...
www.catapultmagazine.com/boards/etcetera/threads/kant-s-paradigmatic-shift-in-art-theory
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Mimetic theory: focuses on the relationship between the work of art and some material object in the sensible world which the art wok imitates either literally or else by capturing it in an idealized form that transcends the mundane world.
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www.homewood.k12.al.us/~cmcdonald/ArtTheory.html
www.homewood.k12.al.us/~cmcdonald/ArtTheory.html
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> Some Notes on Plato and Aristotle and Mimetic Theory of Art Some Notes on Plato and Aristotle and Mimetic Theory of Art And a lot of other s ... The Mimetic Theory of Art:
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www.officesoon.com/doc/16096-Some-Notes-on-Plato-and-Ar...
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Where the mimetic theory ties art down to the real world, formalism allows the work of art to float free by claiming that only form - the complex arrangement of parts unique to each individual work - has artistic significance.
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kimraymond.com/kimraymond.com/Aesthetics_-_Theories_of_...
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