Imitationalism
A theory of arts' pratice where the artist strives to create a replica of the world; an attempt at verisimilitude.
"The aesthetic theory known as imitationalismapplies to artworks that look realistic. These artworks contain recognizable, realistic looking objects and scenes that closely imitate what we see in the real world. The primary purpose of imitationalist art is to portray the subject matter as realistically as possible. An imitationalist artwork is judged as good if it accomplishes this to a high degree. If the primary purpose of the artwork is to show us how something looks in real life, then it belongs in this category. (Imitational artworks are sometimes referred to as "representational" because they represent what we see in the real world.)" Source: http://web.fscj.edu/Joy.Kairies/tutorials_2012/art_tutorial_1/Imitationalism/imitationalism.html |