I love this question, I believe that it is imprecise to say "time period" in the question though. The more appropriate question would involve not time periods, but art movements or continuous types of art. For instance the theory of significant form doesn't hold up in any discussion of what Bell would call descriptive painting as an art form.
Aside from this though I don't believe that we've yet encountered any theories that work within some art movements, but not all. The argument can and is often made that the theories apply to no art, because they are simply wrong.
Another interesting question is, have we encountered any part of the theories of art that are universally true?
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