LESSON 3: SUBJECT AND CONTENT

Question 1

refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork.

Answer 1

Subject

Question 2

is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.

Answer 2

Content

Question 3

Types of Subjects (2)

Answer 3

Representational art, Non- Representational Art

Question 4

These types of art have subjects that refer to object or events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the name suggest, the figures depicted are easy to makes out and decipher.

Answer 4

Representational art

Question 5

This art does not make a reference to the real world, whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event. It is stripped down to visual elements such as shapes, lines, emotion, and even concept.

Answer 5

Non- Representational Art

Question 6

Sources of Subjects (4)

Answer 6

Nature, History, Sacred Original Texts, Greek- Roman Mythology, Judeo - Christian Tradition

Question 7

Vincent Van Gogh “Die Ebene von Auvers”

Answer 7

Nature

Question 8

Battle of waterloo

Answer 8

History

Question 9

shah jahan receiving Dara Shikoh

Answer 9

Sacred Original Texts

Question 10

Discobolus”

Answer 10

Greek- Roman Mythology

Question 11

sistine chapel

Answer 11

Judeo - Christian Tradition

Question 12

KINDS OF SUBJECT (12)

Answer 12

History
Still life
Landscape
Animals
Nature
Myth
Fantasies
Dream
Figures
Mythology
Seascape
Cityscape

Question 13

CONTENT IN ART (3)

Answer 13

Factual
Conventional
Subjectivities

Question 14

pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another.

Answer 14

Factual

Question 15

pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning. These conventions are established through time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide acceptance by its viewers or audience and scholars who study then.

Answer 15

Conventional

Question 16

are consulted, a variety of meaning may arise when a particular work of art is read. These meanings stem from the viewer’s or audience’s circumstances that come into play when engaging with art.

Answer 16

Subjectivities