Conditions for art theory to be science
Genuine art theory should be able to explain all artworks using the same principles. Great artworks are made of the same elements that can be distinguished visually. Each hole in the vertical flute, said to be the world's oldest musical instrument, produce a different sound. A series of different sounds is a melody line. Likewise, a good drawing line is a series of line segments with distinct bents. Lines with different bents are arcs of different circles. You can create a picture structure using circles of different sizes. This is called an arc-circle model. Any artwork can be expressed as arc circle model. Philosopher of science Karl Popper defined science as "a scientific theory must be capable of being disproved by experiment (objective data). So far, in the previous blog I have shown numerous examples (objective data): how all masterpieces are created with the same method based on visual grammar: ancient Greek vase painting...