Evocationism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Evocationism is a noun meaning (art) An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.
Meaning
(art) An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.
Example Sentences
Perhaps, therefore, Impressionism is not so accurate a word as Evocationism, by which I mean the rendering of a vision such as an object or an idea has evoked
Different from both, Dusyanta seems to espouse what may be termed as emancipated evocationism. He represents the privileged viewpoint of the artist critic, also its limitations and perils.
After outlining the desiderata that must be met by any acceptable theory, Levinson lists the main contenders as basing their analyses on (i) evocationism, (ii) make-believe, (iii) metaphor, (iv) judgment, and (v) appearance of expression
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evagination, expressionism, rhetography, photoelicitation, aesthetic, action.
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