Sources and

Kinds of Subject
 Meet The Group
Ashley Vinci Jiam Pomera
Amora
Keshalyn Ashley may
Yparraguirre Amores
 Overview
Know and classify different artworks according
to the subject.
Appreciate the essentiality of variating a subject
in an artwork.
Characterize sources and subjects of art .
Its important to note that the
sources and kinds of artworks are
inextricably related. Often, one
source can yield various iterations.
Sources of Art
Subjects
 Sources of Art Subject
Nature
There's nothing more fundamental than
human interaction with the physical. In early
childhood, you slowly get accustomed to the
varying sensory prompts around you.
The Plain of Auvers, 1890

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

He saw art and nature as

insepreable and found solace
and happiness in painting from
it and in it.
 Other artist who did
landscapes & seascapes

Camille Pissarro Filipino painters:

Paul Cezanne Fernando
JMW Turner Amorsolo
Claude Monet Fabian de la Rosa
 Sources of Art Subject
Greek and Roman Mythology
These are centered around the gods and goddess,
on deities and heroes of Greece and Rome.
Often wall paintings/fresco and sculptures like
busts, statuaries, ceramics and pottery, etc.
Discobolus of Myron
A greek sculpture completed at the
start of the Classical Period, circa
460-450 BC. The original Greek
bronze is lost but numerous Roman
copies remain, both full scale ones in
marble, which was cheaper .
Athena Parthenos
Made by Athens as tribute to their
deity Athena. Likely paneled with
gold and ivory plates. The original
has been lost yet marble copies have
been made.
 Sources of Art Subject
Judeo-Christian Tradition
Stems from the belief that ther's one creator.
This tradition had an immense impact on western
civilization.
Churches used this to gain more believers.
The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Fresco)
Sistine Chapel
 Notre-Dame de la
Belle-Verriere
(Stained windows)
Tapestry Illuminated Sarcophagus
Manuscripts
Vestments Carvings
 Sources of Art Subject
Literature and Sacred Texts
India's miniature paintings
Steming from Vedic texts such as Upanishads,
Puranas, Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and
Ramayana.
Lord Krishna
 Sources of Art Subject
History
Particularly, significant events that happened in
history
Have abundant references.
Spoliarium by Juan Luna
Kinds of Subject
 Kinds of Subject
History Still Life Animals

Hailed from historical Paintings of objects Depictions of animals .

events. from life in still form. One of the oldest
subjects
 Kinds of Subject
History Still Life Animals
 Kinds of Subject
Figures Nature Landscape

Sculptures of either Representation of Unlike nature, it

vague or clear objects. nature in art. depicts scenes from the
countryside.
 Kinds of Subject
Figures Nature Landscape
 Kinds of Subject
Seascape Cityscape Mythology

Depicts the oceans and Depicts the cities and Various forms of
seas. towns in their day to mythology are depicted
day life. Either from
above or below.
 Kinds of Subject
Seascape Cityscape Mythology
 Kinds of Subject
Dreams Fantasy Portraiture

Depicts the dreams or Fantastical artworks Paintings of human

dreamlike state. inspired by myth but faces often close up.
not grounded by it.
 Kinds of Subject
Dreams Fantasy Portraiture
 Summary
Sources
Where the art was inspired by
or was used as reference. Of
course one source can yield
varying interpretations.
Subject
The main idea. You can add
multiple sources of art into one
painting, such as a fantasy
landscape painting or a
cityscape engulfed by nature.
Post Apocolypse City
by Shen Fei
Thank You