METHODS IN PRESENTING THE ART SUBJECTS

• Styles of Art

  • The method of presenting art subjects refers to the various techniques and approaches artists use to depict their chosen themes, ideas, or objects in their work.
  • These methods significantly influence how the audience perceives and interprets the artwork.
• Styles of Art

  1. Realism
  2. Abstraction
  3. Symbolism
  4. Fauvism
  5. Dadaism
  6. Futurism
  7. Surrealism
  8. Impressionalism

  Forms of Abstraction

  1. Distortion
  2. Elongation
  3. Mangling
  4. Cubism
  5. Abstract Expressionism
• Realism - Began in France 1850s; A new visual source that created a desire for people to produce things that look "objectively real".
• Abstraction - Its etymology is derived from Latin "abstracus "drawn away" or Latin past participle "abstrahere": ab(s)-"away" + trahere "draw", which meand "withdrawn or separated from material objects or practical matters. Opposite of realism.
• Abstraction is all about what the artists feel and what mood they might want to portray. This is all shapes, no real-life images scenery, or objects
• Distortion - Subject is in misshapen condition, or the regular shape is twisted out. It is a form of emphasizing detail to the point that something is no longer "correctly" depicted.
• Elongation - Refers to that which is being lengthened, a protraction or an extension.
• Mangling - Subject or objects which are cut, lacerated, mutilated, torn, hacked or disfigured.
• Cubism - Began in early 1900s when artists such as Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso began painting in such a way that was far removed from traditional art styles. The cubists tried to create a new way of seeing things in art.
• Cubism were represented as combinations of basic geometric shapes; often described as looking like pieces of fractured glass.
• Abstract Expressionism - the artists applied paint rapidly, and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions, painting gesturally, non-geometrically, sometimes dripping or even throwing it into the canvas.
• Symbolism - A symbol is a visible design of something invisible such as an idea or quality. This systematically uses symbols to concentrate or intensify meaning, making the work of art more subjective and conventional.
• Fauvism - derived from the French "les fauves" which means "the wild beasts". It is an artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized sponteinty and use of extremely bright colors.
• Dadaism - A term "dada" is a French word which means a "hobby-horse". It is a system of art which is perse "non-sensical". No meaning at all.
• Futurism - Marinetti summed up the major principles of the Futurists. This was presented as a modernist movement celebrating the technological, future era and the technological triumph of man over nature.
• Surrealism - It is an offshoot or a child of dada. It is also known as "super realism", which revolves on the method of making ordinary things look extraordinary. It focuses on real things found in the imagination or fantasy or it has realistic subjects that are found in the unconscious mind; depicting dreamlike images of the inner mind.
• Two Types of Surrealism

  1. Veristic Surrealism
  2. Automatism or Abstract Surrealism
• Veristic Surrealism - It allowed the images of the subconscious to be undisturbed so that the meaning could be understood through analysis. They follow images of the consciousness could understand the meaning.
• Automatism or Abstract Surrealism - Images of the subconscious should not be burdened by meaning, so they are represented in an abstract form. It is focused more on feeling and less analytical.
• Surrealistic Techniques

  1. Scale
  2. Levitation
  3. Juxtaposition
  4. Deslocationn
  5. Transparency
  6. Transformation
• Scale - Changing an object's scale or relative sizee
• Levitation - Floating objects that don't notmally float
• Juxtaposition - Joining two images together in impossible cominations
• Dislocation - Taking an object form its usual environment and placing it in an unfamiliar one
• Transparency - Making objects transparent that are not transparent
• Transformation - Changing objects in unusual way
• Impressionism - Sometimes referred to as optical realism due to its interest in the actual viewing experience, including such things as the effect of color, light and movement on the appearance of the objects depicted in the artworks. It is focused on directly describing the visual sensations derived from nature.
• The theme of the Impressionism movement teaches, "The human eye is a marvelous instrument"