An Historical Basis for Interpreting Styles of Late 18th- to Late 20th-Century Pictorial Artworks

Abstract

The author proposes a system of visual art analysis for application to pictorial artworks of the 19th and 20th century. The principles that have been commonly used to define the Archaic, Classical, Baroque and Mannerist styles of the West are reduced to outlines for quick reference, with entries for sense of form in terms of proposed principles and for presentation of content in terms of proposed philosophical conceptions. The outlines are considered to be applicable to figurative and to nonfigurative or abstract pictures. The system is intended to provide insights as to the possible classification of pictures in terms of the four Western styles of the past and, thereby, to facilitate a better interpretation of what is seen in them from the point of view of their artists’ intentions.

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