Bell to me seems to be one that has a strong preference towards abstract art, his theory on aesthetic experiences and significant form strongly support this assumption. He explains that an aesthetic experience is caused by ones response to the forms and relations of forms within a piece of art. Significant form on the other hand is what evokes the emotional response to the forms and relations of forms. So therefore one can view significant form as what evokes a certain response and aesthetic experience as the response itself. Bell’s theory in my opinion is an attempt to be highly selective of what art is truly “good” art and what is seen to be “bad” art, in some way I think it strongly has to do with his preferences. His whole view is based around the fact that the aesthetic value of a painting has nothing to do with its actual success as a piece of art to represent something else, like a landscape or what not. But after reading this chapter I began to realize that his views are very narrow, leaving really little room to truly say with great certainty what is or is not good art, bad art, or art in general for that matter.
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