Unit 3: Kinds/Sources of Subject, Methods of Presenting Art Subject, & Forms of Abstraction Flashcards
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- any person, object, scene or event described or represented in a work of art
- main character, object, or anything else that is presented as the main focus in the work of art
- can appear in the center of the piece, or in any other part of it, but it is always the most recognizable thing in the entire work of art
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Subject
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General Types of Subject in Art
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Representational Art and Non-representational Art
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- also known as figurative art
- represents objects or events in the real world, usually looking easily recognizable
- clearly derived from real object sources
- representing something with strong visual references to the real world
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Representational Art
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- does not depict anything from the real world; may simply depict shapes, colors, lines
- may also express things that are not visible– emotions or feelings
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Non-representational Art
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Subject is categorized into:
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Representational Abstraction and Non-representational Abstraction
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- departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art
- exists along a continuum
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Abstraction
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- do not depict real representation of the artists’ faces even though they are recognizable
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Representational Abstraction
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- no direct resemblance to a face, a head, or really any literal subject matter
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Non-representational Abstraction
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Kinds/Sources of Subjects
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- Still Life
- Animals
- Portraits/Portraitures
- Figures
- Everyday Life
- History and Legend
- Religion and Mythology
- Dreams and Fantsy
- Landscapes
- Sacred
- Visionary
- Cityscape
- Wildlife
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- groups of inanimate objects arranged in an indoor setting
- arrangement is like that to show particular human interests and activities
- focus is on the exciting arrangement and combinations of the object’s shapes and colors
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Still Life
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- represented by artists from almost every age and place
- earliest known paintings are seen on the walls of caves
- used as symbols in conventional religious art
- examples:
~ carabao has been a favorite subject of Filipino artists
~ Maranaws have sarimanok as their proudest prestige symbol
~ dove stands for the Holy Spirit in representations of the Trinity
~ fish and lamb are symbols of Christ
~ phoenix is the symbol of Resurrection
~ peacock is the symbol of Immortality through Christ
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Animals
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- people have always been intrigued by the human face as an index of the owner’s character
- it is capable of showing a variety of moods and feelings
- a realistic likeness of a person in sculpture, painting, drawing or print, but it needs to be a photographic likeness
- a product of a selective process, the artist highlighting certain features and de-emphasizing
others
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Portraits/Portraitures
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- traditionally been the human body, nude or clothed
- body’s form, structure and flexibility offer the artist a big challenge to depict it in a variety of ways
– grace and ideal proportions of the human form were captured in religious sculpture by the ancient Greeks & to them physical beauty was the symbol of moral and spiritual perfection; thus
they portrayed their gods and goddesses as possessing perfect human shapes
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Figures
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- recorded in paintings their observation of people going about their usual ways and performing their usual tasks
- Genre Paintings – representations of rice threshers, cockfighters, candle vendors, street musicians and children at play
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Everyday Life
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- consists of verifiable facts, legends of unverifiable ones
- ancient past is concerned
- examples: Malakas and Maganda & Mariang Makiling
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History and Legend
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- used the arts to aid in worship, to instruct, to inspire feelings of devotion and to impress and convert nonbelievers
– tell the stories about Christ and the saints in pictures, usually in mosaics, murals and stained glass windows in churches - resorted to the presentation of tableaux and plays to preach and teach.
- examples:
~ “Birth of Venus Tempera” on canvas by Italian artist Sandro Boticell
~ ancient Egyptians portrayed their gods as part human and part animal
~ ancient features African tribes distorted their god’s features
~ Hindus, Shiva is shown as a four-armed god
~ Buddha, is symbolized by his footprints, a flower wheel or a lotus
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Religion and Mythology
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- usually vague and illogical
- depict as the grotesque terrors and apprehensions that lurk in the depths of the subconscious
- may be lifelike situation
- we would not know if an artwork is based on a this unless the artist explicitly mentions it
- picture suggests the strange, the irrational and the absurd
- no limits can be imposed
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Dreams and Fantasy
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- natural scenery such as mountains, cliffs, rivers
- art’s continuous expansion in terms of genre and kinds, other types of subject have been recognized
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Landscapes
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- scenes and images found in the bible
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Sacred
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- 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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Methods of Presenting Art Subject
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- Realism
- Abstraction
- Symbolism
- Fauvism
- Dadaism
- Futurism
- Surrealism
- Impressionism
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- things are depicted in the way they would normally appear
- what the eyes can see, what the ear can hear, what the sense faculty may receive
- example: painting of Zeuxis, 5th century painter
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Realism
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- process of simplifying and/or reorganizing objects and elements according to the demands of the artistic expression
- artist does not show the subject at all as an objective reality, but only his idea, or his feeling about it
- all about what the artists feel and what mood they might want to portray
- all shapes, no real-life images, scenery, or objects
Abstraction
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- concentrate or intensify meaning, making the work of art more subjective and conventional
- examples: a flag, a lion, a lamb to represent meekness, logos and emblems of business firms, the coat of arms of bishops, the dome, the tower, the stairway, the portal, and the colonnade
Symbolism
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- derived from the French “les fauves,” which means “the wild beasts”
- an artistic movement of the last part of the 19th century which emphasized spontaneity and use of extremely bright colors
Fauvism
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- “nonsensical”
- a reaction to what people believed were outworn traditions in art, and the evils they saw in society
- to shock and provoke the public with outrageous pieces of writing, poetry recitals and art exhibitions
Dadaism
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- modernist movement celebrating the technological, future era
- car, plane, industrial town were representing the motion in modern life and the technological triumph of man over nature
Futurism
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- offshoot or a child of dada
- also known as “super realism,” which revolves on the method of making ordinary things look extraordinary
- 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
Surrealism
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- referred to as optical realism due to its interest in the actual viewing experience
- focused on directly describing the visual sensations derived from nature
Impressionism
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Forms of Abstraction
1. Distortion
2. Elongation
3. Mangling
4. Cubism
5. Abstract Expressionism
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- when the subject is in misshapen condition, or the regular shape is twisted out
Distortion
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- being lengthened, a protraction, or an extension
Elongation
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- not commonly used way of presenting an abstract subject
- cut, lacerated, mutilated, torn, hacked, or disfigured
Mangling
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- combinations of basic geometric shapes
- showing multiple viewpoints (sometimes)
- looking like pieces of fractured glass
Cubism
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- artists apply paint rapidly and with force to their huge canvases in an effort to show feelings and emotions
Abstract Expressionism
