Module 4

• Guess What?!


  Divide the class into two groups:

  • Subject group (they would guess the title of the story in 30secs)
  • Content group (they would give clues about the story is all about)

  Group with the lower score would try on the spot reporting of the topic.
• Subject


  The topic or that is written about or explored in an art. It is the topic or the subject of conveyed knowledge. An artist's subject matter is the object he or she has chosen to draw or paint. The actual object in a still life arrangement or a landscape picture. In a portrait, the subject might also be a person. This is referred to as the visual image or representation. The subject matter would be more directly related to the topic at hand. It refers to literal object.
• Content


  Something that extends beyond subject. Content, on the other hand, will continue to include subject in its overall image. This broader component of the difference between these two words is better understood through the artist's perspective on substance and subject. The artist's point of view on the overall piece of artwork is shown in the content. The deeper meaning and message behind the artist's drawing and painting are communicated through content. Subject matter is included in content. Content permits the subject matter to be presented in a way that individuals who seek to learn from it may understand. Content aids in the transmission of stories, emotions, and images in art. The significant portion of the knowledge to be conveyed is contained in the content.
• Is this a pipe? If it is, why is Magritte telling us that it isn't? The image is meant to challenge you to think about subject and representations.
• Representational art


  Typically refers to images that are easily recognized as what they claim to be, such as a human face, a piece of fruit, or a landscape. Such visuals do not have to be realistic. A plant does not have to be green or even upright to be recognized as one, but it must clearly reflect or be recognizable as such.
• Nonrepresentational art


  The polar opposite of representational art, which is a picture of something. To communicate emotion, mood, or another concept, the artist will utilize form, shape, color, and line — essential aspects in visual art. Nonrepresentational art does not begin with a "thing" or a subject from which a distinctive abstract view is formed. Instead, it is "nothing" but what the artist intended it to be and what the viewer interprets it as.
• Sources of Subject art

  • Primary sources - provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation

  Secondary sources - interpret and analyze primary sources
• Look for representational and nonrepresentational art around you.
• Painting, sculpture, Structural design