Form and content
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| + | | style="text-align: left;" | It would be hard to find any reputable [[literary critic]] today who would care to be caught defending ''as an idea'' the old [[antithesis]] of [[Style (fiction)|style]] versus [[Content (media)|content]]. On this issue a pious consensus prevails. Everyone is quick to avow that style and content are indissoluble, that the strongly individual style of each important writer is an [[organic]] aspect of his work and never something merely "[[decorative]]." --"[[On Style]] (1966) - Susan Sontag | ||
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| - | + | In [[art]] and [[art criticism]], '''form and content''' are considered distinct aspects of a [[Work of art|work]]. The term ''[[form]]'' usually refers to the work's style or methods and ''[[Content (media and publishing)|content]]'' to its "core" or [[essence]]. | |
| - | :It would be hard to find any reputable [[literary critic]] today who would care to be caught defending as an idea the old [[antithesis]] of [[style]] versus [[content]]. On this issue a pious consensus prevails. Everyone is quick to avow that style and content are indissoluble, that the strongly individual style of each important writer is an [[organic]] aspect of his work and never something merely "[[decorative]]." --[[On Style]] (1966) - Susan Sontag via Against Interpretation (1966) - Susan Sontag | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Formalism (literature) ]] | ||
| + | *[[Form]] | ||
| + | *[[Content]] | ||
| + | *[[Formalism vs. contextualism in art history ]] | ||
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| It would be hard to find any reputable literary critic today who would care to be caught defending as an idea the old antithesis of style versus content. On this issue a pious consensus prevails. Everyone is quick to avow that style and content are indissoluble, that the strongly individual style of each important writer is an organic aspect of his work and never something merely "decorative." --"On Style (1966) - Susan Sontag |
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In art and art criticism, form and content are considered distinct aspects of a work. The term form usually refers to the work's style or methods and content to its "core" or essence.
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