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A form of criticism which views the literary text as a self-contained verbal structure. Akin to the New_Criticism, contextualism holds that a work of art generates self-referential meanings within its own internal and autonomous context. Its proponents include Cleanth Brooks, Eliseo Vivas, and Murray Krieger.
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What is the difference between formal and contextual criticism?
Nothing.
Who is considered the father of modern art criticism?
Denis Diderot
What are the 3 dominant types of art criticism?
Formal, sociocultural, and expressive
Why in the mid eighteenth century did art criticism begin?
To enable tourists to appreciate and understand art
What criticism did Vasari offer of the Venetian artists such as Giorgione and Titian?
Their work lacked the intellectual design of the Florentine
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