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Subject in Art Flashcards

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Luksong Tinik Artist

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Vicente Manansala

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Convergence Artist

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Jackson Pollock

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Any person, object, scene or event described or represented in a work of art.

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Subject in Art

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Refers to the main character, object, or anything else that is presented as the main focus in the work of art.

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Subject in Art

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To a majority of people, the appeal of most works of art lies in the representation of — objects.

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familiar

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Represents objects or events in the real world, usually looking easily recognizable

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Representational Art or figurative art

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Refers to artworks—particularly paintings and sculptures–that are clearly derived from real object sources, and therefore are by definition representing something with strong visual references to the real world.

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Representational Art or figurative art

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Work that does not depict anything from the real world

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Non-representational Art

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May simply depict shapes, colors, lines, etc., but may also express things that are not visible– emotions or feelings for example.

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Non-representational Art

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Basically about lines, shapes, colors and can even be splotches, paint drips or paint splatters. It is art that is not trying to represent reality like an image of a cat, a face or a landscape.

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Non-representational Art

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Subjects can also be categorized as (1) and (2).

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  1. representational abstraction
  2. non- representational abstraction
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Indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art.

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Abstraction

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Abstraction exists along a (1); abstract art can formally refer to compositions that are derived (or abstracted) from a (2) or other (3). It can also refer to (4) and (5) that has no derivation from figures or objects.

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  1. continuum
  2. figurative
  3. natural source
  4. nonrepresentational art
  5. non-objective art
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Can be anything you want them to be - whatever your imagination conjures up.

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Subject in Art

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These are groups of inanimate objects arranged in an indoor setting (flower and fruit arrangements, dishes food, pots and pans, musical instruments and music sheets). The arrangement is like that to show particular human interests and activities.

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Still Life

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The still life of (1) and (2) painters usually shows flowers, fruits and leaves still in their natural setting, unplucked from the branches.

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  1. Chinese
  2. Japanese
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STILL LIFE

Focus is on the exciting (1) and (2) of the object’s shapes and colors.

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  1. arrangement
  2. combinations
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They have been represented by artists from almost every age and place. In fact, the earliest known paintings are representations of these on the walls of caves.

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Animals

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A favorite subject of Filipino artists.

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Carabao

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The Maranaws have an animal form of — as their proudest prestige symbol

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sarimanok

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Animals have been used as symbols in — art.

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conventional religious

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Stands for the Holy Spirit in representations of the Trinity

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dove

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Symbol of Christ

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Fish and lamb

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Symbol of Resurrection

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Phoenix

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Symbol of Immortality through Christ

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Peacock

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People have always been intrigued by the human face as an index of the owner’s character. As an instrument of expression, it is capable of showing a variety of moods and feelings.

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Portraits/ Portraitures

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It is a realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing or print, but it needs to be a photographic likeness.

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Portraits/ Portraitures

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A great portrait is a product of a —, the artist highlighting certain features and de-emphasizing others.

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selective process

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Besides the face, other things are worth noticing in portraits are the subject’s (1), which can be very expressive, his (2) for it reveals much about the subject’s time.

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  1. hands
  2. attire and accessories
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Statues and busts of leaders and heroes were quite common among the (1) but it was not until the Renaissance that portrait painting became popular in (2).

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  1. Romans
  2. Europe
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The sculptor’s chief subject has traditionally been the human body, nude or clothed. The body’s form, structure and flexibility offer the artist a big challenge to depict it in a variety of ways, ranging from the idealistic as in the classical Greek sculptures to the most abstract.

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Figures

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The grace and ideal proportions of the human form were captured in religious sculpture by the (1). To them, (2) was the symbol of moral and spiritual perfection; thus they portrayed their gods and goddesses as possessing perfect human shapes.

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  1. ancient Greeks
  2. physical beauty
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Artists have always shown a deep concern about life around them. Many of them have recorded in paintings their observation of people going about their usual ways and performing their usual tasks.

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Everyday Life

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Representations of rice threshers, cockfighters, candle vendors, street musicians and children at play.

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Genre Paintings

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Many of them are often accepted as true because tradition has held them so far. Insofar as ancient past is concerned, it is difficult to tell how much of what we know now is history and how much is legend.

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History and Legend

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(1) and (2) are among the legendary subjects which have been rendered in painting and sculpture by not a few Filipino artists.

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  1. Malakas and Maganda
  2. Mariang Makiling
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Art has always been a handmaiden of Religion. Most of the world’s religions have used the arts to aid in worship, to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to impress and convert nonbelievers.

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Religion and Mythology

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The Christian Church commissioned craftsmen to tell the stories about Christ and the saints in pictures, usually in (1), (2) and (3). It also resorted to the presentation of (4) and (5) to preach and teach.

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  1. mosaics
  2. murals
  3. stained glass windows in churches
  4. tableaux
  5. plays
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Some religions however, forbid the representation of divinity as human beings or animal forms, although they allow the use of some (1) or (2) in their place.

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  1. signs
  2. symbols
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Pictures of God, human beings, or animals are forbidden in (1) and (2) because people might worship the images themselves

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  1. Judaism
  2. Islam
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Other religions have taught that a god may sometimes assume human or other visible forms. Thus, he is distinguished from human beings by a (1), (2), or a (3), or by the use of some attributes

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  1. halo
  2. wing
  3. darker complexion
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They portrayed their gods as part human and part animal

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ancient Egyptians

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They distorted their god’s features

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ancient African tribes

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Among the Hindus, — is shown as a four-armed god

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Shiva

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Buddha is symbolized by his (1), a (2), or a (3)

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  1. footprints
  2. wheel
  3. lotus flower
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Dreams are usually vague and illogical. Artists especially the surrealists have tried to depict dreams as well as the grotesque terrors and apprehensions that lurk in the depths of the subconscious.

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Dreams and Fantasies

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A dream may be lifelike situation. Therefore, we would not know if an artwork is based on a dream unless the artist explicitly mentions it.

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Dreams and Fantasies

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Natural scenery such as mountains, cliffs, rivers, etc.

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Landscape

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Because of art’s continuous expansion in terms of genre and kinds, other types of subject have been recognized

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Landscape

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Art that involves simplification and/or rearrangement of natural objects to meet the needs of artistic expression

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Visionary

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Images found in the city such as buildings, transportation, and other structures

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Cityscape

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Scenes and images depicting animals and their ways of life

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Wildlife

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Kinds/ Sources of Subjects

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Mnemonic: FRESH PAWS LCD Vis

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When things are depicted in the way they would normally appear.

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Realism

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It depicts what the eyes can see, what the ear can hear, what the sense faculty may receive.

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Realism

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Example was the painting of Zeuxis, 5th century painter. The subject of his painting was a grape.

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Realism

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The process of simplifying and/or reorganizing objects and elements according to the demands of the artistic expression

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Abstraction

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The artist does not show the subject at all as an objective reality, but only his idea, or his feeling about it (exaggerated emotionalism).

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Abstraction

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It is all about what the artists feel and what mood they might want to portray.

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Abstraction

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All shapes, no real-life images, scenery, or objects.

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Abstract art

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Artists systematically use symbols to concentrate or intensify meaning, making the work of art more subjective (rather than objective) and conventional

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Symbolism

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For example, a flag is a symbol of a country and it depicts the value of nationalism; a lion to represent courage and a lamb to represent meekness. The logos and emblems of business firms and the coat of arms of bishops

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Symbolism

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In architecture, these have been the most consistent symbolic forms

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dome
tower
stairway
portal
colonnade

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Derived from the French “les fauves,” which means “the wild beasts.”

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Fauvism

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It is an artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and use of extremely bright colors.

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Fauvism

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For example, a tree trunk need not be brown. It could be bright red, purple or any other color.

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Fauvism

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A system of art which is per se “nonsensical.”

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Dadaism

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It is a reaction to what people believed were outworn traditions in art, and the evils they saw in society.

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Dadaism

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It tried to shock and provoke the public with outrageous pieces of writing, poetry recitals and art exhibitions.

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Dadaism

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Presented as a modernist movement celebrating the technological, future era.

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Futurism

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The car, the plane, the industrial town were representing the motion in modern life and the technological triumph of man over nature.

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Futurism

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An offshoot or a child of dada.

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Surrealism

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Surrealism aka

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Super realism

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Revolves on the method of making ordinary things look extraordinary.

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Surrealism

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It focuses on real things found in the imagination or fantasy or it has realistic subjects that are found in the unconscious mind; depicting dreamlike images of the inner mind.

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Surrealism

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Interest in the actual viewing experience, including such things as the effect of color, light and movement on the appearance of the objects depicted in the artworks.

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Impressionism

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Impressionism aka

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Optical realism

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Methods of Presenting Art Subject

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Mnemonic: FuFa SySu RAID

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Clearly manifested when subject is in misshapen condition, or the regular shape is twisted

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Distortion

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Refers to that which is being lengthened, or protraction or anextionsion

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Elongation

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May not be a commonly used way of pressenting an abstracct subject, but there are few artists who show subject or objects wihch are cut, lacerated, mutilated, torn, hacked, or disfigured

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Mangling

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Presented as combinations of basic geometric shapes— sometimes showing multiple viewpoints of a particular image or often described as looking like pieces of fractured glass

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Cubism

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Artist apply paint rapidly, and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions

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Abstract Expressionism

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Forms of Abstraction

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Mnemonic: CAMED

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