evocationism

English

Etymology

From evocation +‎ -ism.

Noun

evocationism (uncountable)

1. (art) An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.
   • 1999 Summer, S Davies, “Review: The Pleasures of Aesthetics: Philosophical Essays”, in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, volume 57, number 3:

     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

   • 1934, The Artist - Volumes 7-9, page 61:

     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

   • 1991, Girdhari Lal Chaturvedi, Re-visiting Śākuntalam, page 113:

     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.

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