Making objects come to life
Topics:
Module 2 : The Language of Art
* Subject and Content
* Art Genres
* Elements of ART
Members:
Bacaro, Frencis Ann R. Crisostomo, Angelien E. Villar, Kyla A. Narisma, Arvy Jane R.
Jimenez, Jasmine Kyle Razonable, Charvie E.
SUBJECT OF ARTS
- It is the matter to be described
or to be portrayed by the artist.
- This may refer to any person,
object, scene or event.
SUBJECT OF ARTS
MONA LISA by
Leonardo Da
Vinci
To determine subject matter in a
particular piece of art, ask yourself:
• What is actually depicted in this
artwork?
• What is the artist trying to express to
the world?
• What is his or her message?
• And how are they conveying that message?
Two Kinds of Arts as to Subject
• REPRESENTATIONAL OR
OBJECTIVE ART
- Depicts objects that are
commonly recognized by most
people.
- Attempt to copy what is
real or portray the subject
as it is.
- Uses "form" and are
concerned with "what" is to
be depicted.
Two Kinds of Arts as to Subject
• NON-REPRESENTATIONAL OR
NON-OBJECTIVE ART
- Without any reference or
recognizable objects
- Abstract; does not
represent real objects
- Uses "content" and is
concerned with "how" the
artwork is depicted
The artist and his choice;
1.Everything under the sun is raw
material for the artist to draw his
subject.
2.The artist's choice of subject is
usually affected by his medium.
3. The piece of art depends largely
upon the time in which he lived.
Sources of Subject of Art
- Nature
- History
- Greek and Roman Mythology
- Religion
- Sacred Oriental Text
Subject of Art may be:
• Landscape, seascapes,
cityscapes
• Still life
Subject of Art may be:
• Animals • Portraits
• Figures
Subject of Art may be:
• Everyday life
• History and Legends
Subject of Art may be:
• Religion and
Mythology
• Dreams and fantasy
Ways of presenting the subject
• Realism - this
often refers to
the artistic
movement that
began in France
in the 1850s.
Ways of presenting the subject
• Abstraction - through abstract
art, the artist presents
the subject in no way as
an objective fact, but
just his idea or his
feeling (exaggerated
emotionalism) about it.
Ways of presenting the subject
• Symbolism - a symbol
is a clear
indication that
anything like an
idea or a standard
is invisible.
Ways of presenting the subject
• Fauvism - it is
derived from the
French "les
fauves," which
means "the wild
beasts."
Ways of presenting the subject
• Dadaism -the word "dada"
is a French word which
means “hobby-horse". A
hobby-horse is the
children's pet toy made
of a wooden horse mo
unted on a stick.
Ways of presenting the subject
• Futurism - described
as a modernist
movement embracing
the future age of
technology.
Ways of presenting the subject
• Surrealism - it is an
offshoot or a dada
boy. Sometimes known
as "super realism”,
which revolves around
the process of making
things look ordinary
exceptional.
Ways of presenting the subject
•Impressionism - it's also
often called optical
realism because of its
interest in the actual
visual experience,
including things such as
the influence of color,
light and motion on the
nature of the objects
portrayed in the works
of art.
CONTENT OF
ART
IT IS THE MEANING,
MESSAGE AND/OR
FEELING IMPARTED BY
A WORK OF ART.
CONTENT OF ART
IT IS THE MASS IDEAS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ARTWORK
AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING:
The Art’s Imagery
The Symbolic Meaning
Its surroundings where it is used or displayed
The customs, beliefs, and values of the culture
that uses it
Writings that help explain the work
THREE LEVELS OF
MEANING
ACCORDING TO
CLEAVER (1996):
FACTUAL MEANING
Literal statement or the narrative
content in the work which can be
directly understood because the
objects presented are easily
recognized.
CONV EN T IO NA L M E A N I N G
Special meaning that a certain
object or color has for a group of
people.
SUB JE C T I V E M E A N IN G
Any personal meaning consciously
or unconsciously conveyed by the
artist using private symbolism
which stems from his own
associations of certain objects,
actions, or colors from past
experiences.
Classical Art Of Ancient Rome And Greece
The Hierarchy Of Genres
The Dutch Golden Age Painting
The Variety Of Modern And Contemporary Art
Movements
-Impressionism
-Expressionism
-Pop Art
-Earth Art or Land Art
-Performance Art
The Most Significant Art Forms In Eastern Art
Classical Art Of Ancient
Rome And Greece
Classical Art encompasses
the cultures of Greece and
Rome and endures as the
cornerstone of Western Augustus of Prima Porta
Venus de Milo
Alexandros of Antioch
civilization. Including 1st century AD
150-100 BCE
innovations in painting,
sculpture, decorative arts,
and architecture, Classical
Art pursued ideals of
beauty, harmony, and
proportion, even as those
ideals shifted and changed
over the centuries.
The Pantheon
126-128 A.D Pitsa panels
530 BC
The Hierarchy Of
Genres
The Italian Renaissance may have been one of the
most significant periods for the evolution of art.
A hierarchy of genres is any formalization which
ranks different genres in an art form in terms of
their prestige and cultural value.
Hirearchy of genres ranked paintings in the following order:
(1) History Painting
(2) Portraiture;
(3) Genre Painting;
(4) Landscapes;
(5) Still Life.
Examples:
Painting: Hunters in the Snow
Painting: Mona Lisa Date: (1565)
Painting: Stroganoff Madonna and Child Date: 1503-06 Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Date: 1300 Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Artist: Duccio di Buoninsegna
Painting: River Landscape in the Late
Afternoon Painting: Bouquet of Flowers
Date: 1663 Date: 1884
Artist: Adriaen van de Velde Artist: Ivan Kramskoy
The Dutch Golden Age Painting
This period of art history is essential because it
is remembered as a time of immense progress, when
talented artists, mainly from the Netherlands, chose
to focus on creating magnificent landscapes,
maritime paintings, genre scenes, and still-lifes.
Painting: Girl with a Pearl Painting: Self-Portrait at Painting: The Laughing Painting: Rascal Family
Earring the Age of 34 years old Cavalier
Date: 1665 Date: 1640 Date: 1624
Date: 1664
Artist: Johannes Vermeer Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Artist: Frans Hals Artist: Jan Steen
The Variety Of Modern And
Contemporary Art Movements
Impressionism
Impressionism describes a
style of painting developed
in France during the mid-to- Painting: The Boulevard
late 19th century; Painting: Woman with a Parasol Montmartre at Night
characterizations of the Date: 1875 Date: 1897
Artist: Claude Monet Artist: Camille Pissarro
style include small, visible
brushstrokes that offer the
bare impression of form,
unblended color and an
emphasis on the accurate
depiction of natural light.
Painting: The Umbrellas Painting: Luncheon on the Grass
Date: 1880s Date: 1863
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Artist: Édouard Manet
Painting: The
Potato Eaters
Date: 1885
Artist: Vincent
Expressionism van Gogh
A modernist movement,
initially in poetry and
painting, originating in
Painting: The
Northern Europe around the Scream
beginning of the 20th Date: 1893
century. In expressionist Artist: Edvard
art, color in particular can Munch
be highly intense and non-
naturalistic, brushwork is Painting: Self-
typically free and paint Portrait with Halo
application tends to be and Snake
generous and highly textured. Date: 1889
Artist: Paul Gauguin
Expressionist art tends to be
emotional and sometimes
mystical.
Pop Art
Pop art emerged in the 1950s and
1960s, celebrating popular culture
oup Cans
and consumerism through vibrant n ting : Campbell's S
Pai
colors, bold imagery, and everyday 62
Date: 19 ndy Warhol
Artist: A
objects.
- The idea of the entire movement
was to ridicule elitist art by
showing that you can produce genuine
artwork using elements of kitsch and
Painting: I Was A Rich Man’s Plaything
banal objects as your subject Date:
Artist: Eduardo Paolozzi
matter.
- Artists like Andy Warhol and Roy
Lichtenstein played key roles in
this movement.
Painting: Marilyn Monroe
Date: 1962
Artist: Andy Warhol
Earth Art or Land
Art
Earth art, also known as land
art, emerged in the late 1960s
and early 1970s.
Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” on the banks of
Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
- A movement focusing on the
environment, using natural
landscapes as canvases for
large-scale installations made
of materials like rocks, leaves
and similar materials.
Painting: Seven Magic Mountains
Date:2016
Artist: Ugo Rondinone
Performance Arts
- Departing from traditional visual art,
it emphasizes body and movement
expressions.
Artists convey messages through symbolic Meredith Monk with Katie Geissinger &
actions, using various mediums like Allison Sniffin performance: 50 Years of
video, light or sound effects, as well New Music at The West Kortright Centre
as poetry, dance, acting and painting
their events.
- Serbian conceptual and Marina
Abramovich is a notable contemporary
performance artist.
A Tanztheater Wuppertal performance of “Vollmond,”
Choreographer: Pina Bunsch
Where: Schauspielhaus Wuppertal.
Courtesy: © Laurent Philippe
OTHER EXAMPLES OF ART MOVEMENT
Surrealism Cubism
Painting: The Persistence Painting: The Women of
of Memory Algiers
Date: 1931 Date: 1955
Artist: Salvador Dalí Artist: Pablo Picasso
Renaissance Bauhaus Art
Painting: the Creation of Painting: Yellow-Red-
Adam Blue
Date: 1511 Date: 1925
Artist: Michel angelo Artist: Wassily
Kandinsky
The Most
Significant Art
Forms In Eastern
Art
EASTERN ART
Asian art reflects the rich heritage of diverse civilizations like Japanese,
Chinese, and Indian, contributing significantly to global culture.
The art of calligraphy is highlighted for its subtle and
lasting impact, showcasing intricate fine writing skills.
Chinese Calligraphy
EASTERN ART
Traditional art forms:
such as bronze, ceramic, and jade artworks, showcasing craftsmanship and
cultural depth.
Ceramic Vase Jade works gemstone: Pillow in the
Chinese Bronze : Gong
shape of an infant boy
Since the 1990s, the Asian art scene has witnessed a surge, with numerous
artists gaining substantial international recognition, contributing to the
global artistic landscape.
ELEMENTS OF
ARTS
building blocks used by artists
to create a work of art.
Line Color
Shape Texture
Forms Value
Space
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Class discussion: What a
the elements of art?
LINE
-It is the most basic element of art:
A mark with greater length than
width.
Long or short
Thick or thin
Straight
Curved
OTHER EXAMPLES OF LINES
Zigzag Horizontal
Painting: Dutch Three- Painting:DEDHAM VALE WITH
masters in stormy waters THE RIVER STOUR IN FLOOD
Date: 1856 Date: 1814-1817
Artist: Claes Claesz. Wou Artist: John Constable
Diagonal Vertical
Painting: Hippomenes and Painting: The Gothic
Atalanta Cathedral on a cliff by
Date: 1618–1619 the sea
Artist: Guido Reni Date: 1815
Artist: Karl-Friedrich
Schinkel
OTHER EXAMPLES OF LINES
Imaginary
Painting: Christina's World
Date: 1948
Artist: Andrew Wyeth
Three Dimensional
Painting:Self-portrait in
a beret and wide-eyed
Date: 1631
Artist: Rembrandt
Harmenszoon van Rijn
SHAPE
A closed line, when a line meets up
to enclose a space, a shape is
formed. Shapes are flat and can
express length and width. It can be
geometric or organic, open or closed.
square
circle
triangle
FORMS
The real or perceived dimensionality
of a shape, expressing length, width
and depth.
Form can describe the structure of a
work of art.
Ball
cylinder
box
pyramid
Space
Refers to the area
around, between, and
within objects.
Overlapping
Placement
Size
Detail
Colour and Value
Perspective
Negative Space
Techniques Of Space
Overlapping Detail
When an object is drawn or The further away an object, the
painted on top of another less detail is visible to the
object the viewer’s eye viewer. By purposely reducing the
interprets this as one object amount of detail in an object it
being in front of another will appear further away than an
implying there must be a space object with greater detail.
between them.
Colour and Value
Placement
Objects in the distance
Objects higher up in the usually appear cooler
picture plane will seem to (bluer) and lighter in
the viewer’s eye to be colour. Close up objects
further away than objects appear warmer and darker in
placed low down in the value.
picture frame.
Perspective
Size
Artists can use lines and angles
Smaller objects look as if to create the illusion of depth,
they are further away than making things look like they are
larger objects. Notice how going back into the distance.
much smaller the house is Types: linear perspective, 2-
in relation to the flowers. point perspective
Negative
This is the space around
objects. How much or how
little there is can affect
how we see the objects and
the overall picture.
2-POINT PERSPECTIVE
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Value
Refers to how light or
dark something is, and
it is essential for
creating the illusion
of three-dimensional
forms on a two-
dimensional surface.
Low key painting High key painting
Done on the lower Take their range of
(darker) edge of values from the upper
the value scale. end of the value
scale.
Color
Colour is created when
light is reflected
into the viewer’s eye.
A colour has
intensity called
chroma, also known
as saturation,
brightness or
purity.
Variations of color
Hue
Intensity
Value
Texture
Is the way an object
feels to the touch.
Texture comes from
the latin word
texo, meaning 'to
weave' and refers
to the qualities of
a material surface.
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