贝尔提出艺术乃“有意味的形式”是有其现实针对性的，即他极力贬低再现写实性艺术，并为以塞尚为代表的“后印象派”的艺术实践作直接的理论论证。在他看来，一切艺术的基本特点绝不在于对现实的再现，而必须是对某种特殊感情的亲身感受。只要我们能够找到在一切艺术中唤起我 Bell proposed that art is a “meaningful form” that has its reality specific. He tries his best to belittle the reproduction of realistic art and makes a direct theoretical demonstration of the artistic practice of “Post-Impressionist” represented by Cezanne. In his view, the basic feature of all art lies not in the reproduction of reality, but in the personal feelings of a particular kind of feeling. As long as we can find to arouse me in all art