Question

This theory bases the success of artwork on the expressiveness of the content and a personal response from the viewer in order for the piece to be successful.

Answer 1

Answer:

emotionalism

Explanation:

Emotionalism is the art theory that focuses on the deliberate communicating of feelings, emotions, states of mind, moods, and intense ideas. In this art theory, the expressive aspect is highlighted over anything else, and most of this artworks began with realistic or abstract depictions of feelings to provoque in the viewer something that would shock him or make him get an arousal.

Notice how this paintings inmediately portray an emotion and make it the main element of the composition.

The art pieces below are well known examples done by Munch , the first is "Madonna" 1902, and "the Screaming" 1893.

Characteristic of his diverse states of mind, the paintings are named just as emotions: Melancholy, Jealousy, Despair, Anxiety, Death in the Sickroom and The Scream.