The Introduction of the book (Art Theory) of Robert Williams is generally refers to the existence of art history and art theory at the same time. As far as the importance is concerned, there is no significant difference between art history and art theory. These two always correlated in every way in one aspect, learning art theory; obviously it will provide you the importance of art history at the same time, in studying, and engagement with art.

When understanding art, philosophy attempts to come up with theories about art. This theory is maybe a set of principles that define and explains the full meaning of art. However, sometimes, just because a theory is wrong doesn't mean it has no value, we can describe the importance of every art theory even if it is wrong or right. For that reason, an art theory may satisfy necessary or enough conditions, and it will always find exceptions.

As we go to the purpose of studying art theory, history should always be part of it. According to Robert Williams, Studying theory should be approached historically, that it is within a comprehensive history of art that the study of theory has most to offer.

For example the contemporary art, that involves multifaceted of artists, artwork, audience, institutions. All of these aspects demonstrate with each other, and changes through history. This complex ideas change through history and produce tension between common and uncommon creativity.

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The Introduction of the book (Art Theory) of Robert Williams is generally refers to the existence of art history and art theory at the same time. As far as the importance is concerned, there is no significant difference between art history and art theory. These two always correlated in every way; art theory obviously will provide you the importance of art history at the same time, in studying, and engagement with art.

When understanding art, art history always attempts to come up with theories about art. This theory is maybe a set of principles that define and explains the full meaning of art. However, sometimes, just because a theory is wrong doesn't mean it has no value, we can describe the importance of every art theory even if it is wrong or right. For that reason, an art theory may satisfy the needs, and it will always find exceptions in the history of art.

As we go to the purpose of studying art theory, history should always be part of it. According to Robert Williams, Studying theory should be approached historically, that it is within a comprehensive history of art that the study of theory has most to offer.

For example the contemporary art, that involves multifaceted of artists, artwork, audience and art institutions. All of these aspects demonstrate with each other, and changes through history. This complex ideas change through history and produce conflicts between common and uncommon creativity.
These features and significance of the art history and theory should be defined in any one of the factors, the artist, artwork, audience, and art institutions, which these factors traditionally examined to define what art is. Art should expand beyond the traditional factors and takes into account history. Therefore, people looks at art through a more broad understanding next to the expression theories do, and by adding history as well. As a result, the idea of art history is better at explaining the fluid relationships between the diverse facets involved in art and really serve as a guide for understanding art.

One of the most significant features of the art history is the culture that involves influences, for example, the imitation and expression theories. According Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer, the theory of hermeneutics claims that it is impossible to approach anything independent of historical influences that have already shaped us and therefore, mold how it is we would approach anything.

There are already operating art influences in how we observe art history as well as art theory. By contrast, the imitation theory is too constricted in its accepted rules of art because it only seeks to imitate objects in the world and disregard the importance of historical influence in creating artworks. Therefore, when we approach a work of art before, we even engage it we are already equipped with history from our tradition and culture that come to us by way of our individual learning and other kinds of art influences. Then, any approach to art today always carries the art history with it, because historical art influences are always shaping how we initiate to notice anything in art, in terms of