evocationism

Noun

1. An approach to creating artworks by which the artist aims to evoke certain ideas in the audience.
   • 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)...
   • 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 - 1934, The Artist - Volumes 7-9, page 61:
   • 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. - 1991, Girdhari Lal...