Art is for everyone

1. Subjects of Art
Representation vs. Non-representation
Mark Anthony Aurellano
HUM 1 Professor

2. Presentation Outline
Representational Art/Objective Art
•Still Life
•Portrature
•Landscape, Cityscape, Seascape
Non-representational Art
Methods of Presenting Art Subjects
1. Realism 3. Symbolism
2. Abstraction 4. Fauvism
Forms of Abstraction 5. Dadaism
•Distortion 6. Futurism
•Elongation 7. Surrealism
•Mangling 8. Impressionism
•Cubism
•Abstract Impressionism

3. What is a subject Art?
it is a matter to be described or to be portrayed
by the artist. This may refer to any person,
object, scene or event.

4. Two kinds of subject art
Representational Art/Objective Art
They are those arts which depict objects that are commonly recognized by most peole. They
attempt to copy something that is real. It uses form and concerned with “what” is to be depicted in
the art work.

5. Examples of Representational Art
Still life
A work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject
matter, typically commonplace object which may be
either natural or man-made in an artificial setting.

6. Examples of Representational Art
Still life

7. Examples of Representational Art
Still life
a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic
representation of a paerson , in which the face and
the expression is predominant.

8. Examples of Representational Art
Still life

9. Examples of Representational Art
Landscape, Cityscape, Seascape

10. Methods of presenting art subjects
Realism
it often refers to the artistic movement which
began in France in the 1850's. The popularity of
Realism grew with the introduction of Photography
- a new visual source that created a desire for
people to produce things that look objectively real..

11. Methods of presenting art subjects
Abstraction
Abstractus = drawn away
This art is seperated or whithdrawn from material objects or
practical matters. This is totally the opposite of realism .
In abstract art, the artist does not show the subject at all as an
objectively reality, but only his idea, or his feeling about it.
Abstract art is all shapes, no real-life images, scenery, or objects.

12. Methods of presenting art subjects
Abstraction

13. Forms of Abstraction
Distortion
This is clearly manifested when the subject is in
mishappen condition, or the rfegular shape is twisted
out .
It is a form of emphasizing detail to the point that
something is no longer correctly depicted

14. Forms of Abstraction
Distortion

15. Forms of Abstraction
Elongation

16. Forms of Abstraction
Mangling
This may not be a commonly used way of presenting
an abstract subject , but there are few artists who
show subjects or objects which are cut, lacerated,
mutilated, torn, hacked, or disfigured.

17. Forms of Abstraction
Mangling

18. Forms of Abstraction
Cubism
it began in the early 1900s when artists such as George
Braque and Picasso began painting in such a way that was
far removed from traditional art styles.
Cubists represent subjects in a form of combinations of basic
geometrical shapes.

19. Forms of Abstraction
Cubism

20. Forms of Abstraction
Abstract Expressionism
A modern art movement flowered in America after the second World
War . With this movement, New York replaced Paris as the center of
the art world.
In a painting, the artists applied paint rapidly, and with force to their
hufe canvasses in an effortt to show feelings and emotions.
sometimes, the artists paint gesturally, non-geometrically, applying
paint with large brushes, dripping or even throwing it into the
canvass.

21. Forms of Abstraction
Abstract Expressionism

22. Forms of Abstraction
Abstract Expressionism

23. Methods of presenting art subjects
Symbolism
A symbol is a visible sign of sometjhing invisible such
as an idea or quality. Symbolism systematically uses
symbols to concentrate or intensify meaning, maing
the work of art more subjective and conventional.

24. Methods of presenting art subjects
Fauvism
it is derived from French “Les Fauves” means the “wild
beasts”. It is an artistic movement of thge last part of
the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and
use of extremely bright colors

25. Methods of presenting art subjects
Fauvism

26. Methods of presenting art subjects
Dadaism
means a hobby-horse. A child's toy consisiting of a
wooden horse mounted on a stick.

27. Methods of presenting art subjects
Dadaism

28. Methods of presenting art subjects
Futurism
The love of speed and technology and violence.

29. Methods of presenting art subjects
Surrealism
This is an offshoot o child of Dada. This is also
known as a super realism.
This involves making ordinary things look like
extraordinarty

30. Methods of presenting art subjects
Surrealism

31. Methods of presenting art subjects
Surrealism

32. Methods of presenting art subjects
Impressionism
This is also referred to optical realism due to
its interest in the actual viewing experience,
including such things as colors, light and
movement.

33. Methods of presenting art subjects
Impressionism