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# Art Theory Fundamentals: What's Live, Misconceptions, and Canon > **Part 5 of 5** of the *Art Theory Fundamentals* reference (plugin `art-theory-fundamentals`), covering §23–§27. Sibling skills: `art-claims-elements-colour-and-composition` (§0–§7), `art-aesthetics-and-philosophy-of-art` (§8–§13), `art-history-modernism-and-the-canon` (§14–§16), `art-interpretation-criticism-and-the-art-world` (§17–§22). Section numbers are shared across the set; a reference written as §N → `skill` points into that sibling skill. > > **Currency:** Aesthetics and formal theory are stable to the point of being ancient. Two areas are live. See §23 below for AI authorship and copyright, and the state of the art market. > **⚠️ Read §1 → `art-claims-elements-colour-and-composition` first, because the epistemic situation here is unlike the sciences and > unlike the humanities that model themselves on sciences.** > > **⚠️ Art theory is not one thing. It is at least four things with different standards of > truth**, **and confusing them is the source of nearly every bad argument about art:** > **craft knowledge that is testable**, **philosophical claims that are argued**, > **historical claims that are evidenced**, **and interpretive claims that are neither > true nor false but better or worse.** > > **⚠️ GOTCHA** boxes mark widely-taught claims that are false, or fights that are > commonly mistaken for settled. > > **The three ideas that organize this document:** > 1. **⚠️ "Is it good?" and "is it