Aesthetics

       There are two sides someone can judge art ; one being Formalism which takes art in a more compositional view looking at the piece of art through its size, texture or even its orchestrated tone while a Romantics view of art points out the artists emotion and thought process. Formalism in a way has a strict meaning on the rational aspect of art while Romanticism is not only limited to rational elements but also non-rational emotions.

       I would say that Romanticism is the most valid way of judging art. Formalism is just too literal and sometimes art isn't always literal and the person viewing or listening to the art piece should be able take different meanings out of it and Formalism just doesn't allow you to do that.

       Explanatory Breadth- Romanticism explains more facts of art more than Formalism because Romanticism dives into rational elements and non-rational emotions. Formalism only explains the rational aspects.

       Explanatory Depth-  Formalism has more Explanatory depth because it explains and evaluates the compositional elements of art such as, texture, color, contrast and size while Romanticism does not go into depth of the literal sense but only opens up to different views of the work of art.

       Simplicity- I would say they are equally complicated in the sense of how much time it would take for someone to explain the different meanings of the piece of art in a romantics view while taking measurements and judging a work of art on a more physical aspect.

       Conservatism- I believe they're are more works of art being created in a more romantic view than a Formalistic view.

1. Romanticism and Formalism are the most plausible explanations of  interpreting works of art.
2. Romanticism has more Explanatory Breadth and Conservatism, whereas Formalism has more Explanatory Depth and are equally matched in Simplicity.
3. Therefore, Romanticism is the best explanation of  interpreting works of art.