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• Subject


  A person, scene, or event chosen by an artist to be represented in their artwork
• Non-Representational Art


  Abstract Art has identifiable images
• Not all abstract art is non-representational art
• Collage Art


  Decoupage is a French term that refers to paper cut-outs glued on to paper but adding layers of coating as a finishing
• Kinetic Art


  Refers to three-dimentional artworks involving motion
• Performance Art


  It involves an artist's presentation with an interdisciplinary context to an audience
• Photography


  Photographers can express their artistic expression by allowing them to choose a variety of subjects
• Assemblage


  Also known as Junk Art, are art forms created by placing found objects in clusters
• Installation Art


  Art piece exhibited in specific venues which transform that environment into an art venue
• Expressive Use of Color


  Modern artists distinguished their works from the earlier periods where art realistically depicts a subject's natural state – by incorporating bright and unnatural colors, which characterized Modern Art
• Representational Art


  Art that represents a subject. In other words, it is an art that is identifiable and is based on the real features of something that already exist in life
• Nine Subjects of Art


  • Landscape
  • Still Life
  • Animals
  • Portrait
  • Figures
  • Everyday Life or Genre
  • History and Legend
  • Religion and Mythology
  • Dreams and Fantasy
• Landscape


  • Artwork that features "Physical Environment"
  • Most often outdoor
  • Common ones are natural landscapes like field, forests, and mountains
  • Also, waterscape like rivers, and oceans
  • Cityscape like skylines or horizon view of the city with sky
• Still Life


  Subject involves using 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 when drawing or painting the objects
• Animals


  • Throughout history, one of the oldest forms of art has featured animals
  • Cave wall paintings have featured Buffalo and Bison created by pre- historic men
  • As a subject, the artist emphasizes the naturalness of an animal
• Portrait


  • Artistic representations of people and can be in for of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs
  • It can be measured from the top of the head and usually ends on the chest, recognizable features
• Figures


  Chief subject is the human body which may be rendered naturally and realistically or distorted to depict it in its abstract form
• Everyday Life or Genre


  • Genre is used in several fields
  • People depicted in artworks using this subject are often depicted candidly, without any significance in history but meant to represent everyday people
• History and Legend


  Artworks that feature this subject consist of significant verifiable events in a country's history
• Religion and Mythology


  • Artworks that feature this subject or set of subjects are used to aid in worship or inspire
  • In Roman Catholicism, we see biblical characters or religious stories illustrated
  • In Buddhism, the Buddha has been the main subject of their art forms and other religions like Islam and Hinduism
• Dreams and Fantasy


  • Surrealism is an artistic movement that explores the subconscious wherein the artist focuses on their imagination for imagery
  • An artist that uses this subject features the vague and focuses on the impossible and the fantastic
• Realistic


  • Artworks are presented in the most natural state of subject
  • All the subjects of art represent precisely what the subject looks like
• Miñaturismo


  An art technique in which artists meticulously apply attention to detail
• Trompe-l'oeil


  An art technique applied to create an optical illusion and give the impression of dimension
• Distortion


  • Used to change or alter the appearance of a subject
  • It involves deforming or stretching the subject
• Abstraction


  Shapes are distorted, but colors are utilized the most
• Cubism


  • Subject appears as if it is fragmented into geometric shapes, including shapes and cones
  • Pablo Picasso, also known as the Father of Cubism," and Georges Braque are the founders of this style
• Non-objectivism


  • The elements of art, particularly shapes and colors, are simplified
  • There is a deliberate attempt not to include details and shadows of the subjects
  • Piet Mondrian has been identified with this style in the same way Picasso is associated with Cubism
• Medium


  Any material and an accompanying technique that produces a work of art
• Printmaking


  • An impression of an image is transferred from one medium to another medium with a flat surface, which is commonly paper or fabric
  • Traditional printmaking uses woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography
• Graffiti


  • Images, symbols, or works painted on public spaces like walls on public and private buildings on the street
  • The most common medium used for this type of art is spray paint
• Décollage


  • A French term that means to take off or become unstuck
  • This is the opposite of Collage because it involves ripping or stripping layers of posters that reveal other images of other print material previously placed underneath them
• Frottage


  • Derived from the French term "to rub or scrape"
  • The most common medium in using this art technique is a lead pencil, but other materials that can be used are crayons, chalk, or graphite
  • The method requires a textured object placed beneath a sheet of paper
  • Then, the surface of the article is rubbed with a medium of choice
• Digital Art


  In the early 1980s, computer programmers discovered that computers, aside from being a tool used in business and computing, can also be creatively used as a means of expression
• Pablo Picasso is the father of cubism
• Pablo Picasso and georges braque are the founders of cubism
• Piet Mondrian has been identified with Non-objectivism in the same way Picasso is associated with Cubism.