What is 'Art Theory'? In the western sense, the term poses a cague ambiguity, and in the eastern, it is rather an abstract and metaphysical concept. As for etymology, theory is dericed from theoria and theoria from theoros. It refers to and act of viewing or seeing, of xourse not in a metaphysical sense. Plaro understood it as 'eida'. During the time of Plotinus, theoria encompassed gazing at every possible reality, and this gazing, that is theoria, is closely related to reality as aunit that theoriacan perceive. However, we trend to distinguish, as other scientists of dualism have done, studio art from theory since a pre-modern approach to art has been particularly tuned ro studio practice, set apart from theory. THerefore, in studio classes, students are expected to learn the subject based on the foundational curriculum methods such as medium, genre, technique, rather than bringing oue their own interpretations and discussing theories. As a result, students have become artist, who are not able to understand their own art. art proffessors who conduct class in studio are required to proceed with specific 'theories' as well as 'intellectual reflections'. In this respect, this thesis presents poieses and an idea of 'acting out'. Although art history and aesthetic theory tend to view art as a finished product, actual art-making and related theories should not only be acknowleged as 'completion' finition) but also be accompanied by theoretic interpretations of the act itself and process. Accordingly, it is to accept and appreciate art as finished result in view of current theory and aestheties thus boils down to aisthesis. Likewise, poietics starts from a point where an artist is related to studio and examines the 'work process' that extends as far as to the exact end of work. THrough the study of such relationship, it is possible that theory understands 'studio' and 'process', and an artist can grant an independent meaning to studio where s/he pours her/his heart aout creating a worl of art. THeory is a study on artistic discovery thus should be equipped with functions that can accomodate fortuiry, imitation, thinking, culture, and surrounding.

1. 서론 - '미술이론'과 이론 
2. 미술계의 전반적인 문제 
3. 실기, 실행, 행위 
4. 아이스테시스(Aisthesis)와 포이에시스(Poeisis) 
5. 결론 참고문헌 Abstract

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