art app

• Subject of art


  What the work represents, could be a person, object, scene or event
• Types of art based on subject

  • Representational or objective art
  • Non-representational or non-objective art
• Representational or objective art


  • Sunflowers by Van Gogh
• Non-representational or non-objective art


  • Composition 8 by Kandinsky
• Subjects of representational art

  • Still life
  • Portraiture (portrait)
  • Landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes
• Non-representational Art or Non-objective Art


  Art without any reference to anything outside itself (without representation), abstract in the sense that it doesn't represent real objects in our world
• Non-representational art


  • The Cow by Doesburg (1918)
• Naturalism


  Realistic portrayal of physical characteristics
• Realism


  Realistic portrayal of subject matter and content
• Abstraction


  Moving away from or separating from reality, presenting the subject not as it really is
• Dadaism was a reaction to the senseless slaughter of the trenches of WWI, declaring war against war by countering the absurdity of the establishment's descent into chaos with its own kind of nonsense
• Humanities


  Subjects such as literature, language, history, and philosophy
• Vitruvian Man


  The study of subjects such as literature, language, history, and philosophy
• Three famous philosophers


  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Immanuel Kant
• Plato's view on art


  • Art is an imitation
  • Art is threatening
• Immanuel Kant's view on art


  • Art is for art's sake
  • Beauty does not rest on the properties of the objects or things but rather on the manner in which people respond to these objects or things
  • Taste can be both subjective and universal
• Subjective taste


  Does not focus on the properties of the object itself but rather on the pleasure one experiences as he responds to it
• Universal taste


  Non-aesthetic and the artwork is appreciated for what it is because of the mastery of the artist
• For Kant, beauty is a question of form, and color is not important
• Aesthetics


  The philosophical study of beauty and taste
• Functions of Art


  • Functional art
  • Non-functional art
• Functional art


  Aesthetic objects that serve utilitarian (practical/useful) purposes
• Non-functional art


  Paintings, sculptures and all manner of fine art
• Artist


  A person who exhibits exceptional skills in the visual and/or performing arts
• Artisan


  A person who is in a skilled trade that involves making things by hand
• Art Forms


  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Literature
  • Theatre
• Painting


  The application of pigment to a surface, a two-dimensional art form
• Sculpture


  A three-dimensional art form, the sculptor creates a solid form using molding, carving, welding, casting and assembling
• Architecture


  The most functional of all the art forms, involves creating designs for buildings and infrastructure
• Music


  The art of sound expressed through a song, through the use of instruments of a combination of both
• Dance


  The art of body movements that is attuned to a musical piece, used as a form of worship in ancient times
• Literature


  The art of using words to express thoughts, ideas, and feelings, including poetry, novel, short story, essay, epic and legends
• Theatre


  The performance of drama, typically with actors performing on the stage in front of a live audience