lesson 2

• The subject of art


  matter to be described or to be portrayed by the

  artist. any person, animal, thing, or issue that is described or represented in an artwork
• Representational art or objective art


  attempt to copy, even if in a

  subjective manner, something

  that's real
• Representational

  art or objective art


  uses “form” and is concerned with

  “what” is to be depicted in the

  artwork.
• Non-representational

  art or non-objective art


  not recognizable subject (non-objective), doesn’t represent real objects

  (abstract)
• Non-representational

  art or non-objective art


  uses “content” and is concerned

  with “how” the artwork is depicted
• Landscapes 


  focuses on the “Physical

  Environment” outdoors
• Animals 


  one of the oldest forms of art, focuses on the naturalness of the animal
• Subjects of art

  1. Landscapes
  2. Still Life

  Animals

  
  

  4. Portrait

  
  

  5. Figures

  
  

  6. Everyday Life

  or Genre

  
  

  7. History and

  Legend

  8. Religion and

  Mythology

  
  

  9. Dreams and

  Fantasy
• Still Life


  inanimate objects

  arranged indoors to

  control the source of

  light and for the artist to

  use techniques to

  create the illusion of depth and dimension
• Figures 


  created in sculpture

  or drawn and

  painted on a canvas

  human body is the chief subject
• Everyday

  life or genre


  used in several fields, •music – pop, rock,

  classical, art – depicts everyday

  life
• History and Legend


  artworks consist ofsignificant verifiable events in a country’s history
• Religion and mythology 


  aid in worship or inspire, Roman Catholicism –biblical characters,

  religious stories

  Mythological characters as

  central figures in literature
• Dreams andfantasy


  surrealism that focuses on imagination for

  imagery, focuses on impossible
• Style of art

  Realistic, distortion, and non objectivism
• Realistic


  subject is done the way it actually looks, a master artist can make viewers second guess if the

  artwork is a photograph or a painting
• Types of realistic

  Minaturismo and Trompe-L'oeil
• MIÑATURISMO


  miniature, artists meticulously

  apply attention to

  detail
• TROMPE-L’OEIL


  art technique applied to

  create an optical illusion

  and give the impression

  of dimension
• Types of Distortion

  Abstraction and Cubism
• ABSTRACTION


  shapes are distorted, but

  colors are utilized the most
• CUBISM


  a branch of abstraction with similar characteristics

  subject appears as if it is

  fragmented into geometric

  shapes, including shapes and cones
• Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque


  Founders of cubism
• NON-OBJECTIVISM


  totally no subject at all, shapes and colors are simplified. Details and shadows are not included