SUBJECTS AND METHODS OF ART

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HERNAN MIGUEL PARCON

JANLOYD ANDIG
NEIL AXL FERNANDEZ
 INTRODUCTION
A specific artwork can be
presented in a specific subject
and method
 The Subjects of Art
The subjects of art are any identifiable
object, individual, thing, place or event in a
work of art
1. Landscape, Seascapes
and Cityscapes

Landscapes are a genre of art

that captures scenic view. A
cityscape is a work that
showcases aspect of cities. While
seascapes refer to art works that
depict the sea.
 2. Animals

Landscapes Along with human

form, animals were subject of the
earliest art ever created.
3. Human Figures, Portraits,
Couples

Immanuel Kant refers to the

human figures as the ideal of
beauty.
4. Everyday Life or Genre

Painting of scenes from everyday

life, of ordinary people in work or
recreation, depicted in a generally
realistic manner
 5. Still Life

A painting or drawing of an
arrangement of objects, typically
including fruit and flowers and
objects contrasting with these in
texture, such as bowls and
glassware.
 6. Image of Divinity

Any artwork that has a Christian

or Biblical theme.
7. Narration and Historical

It depicts a movement in a
narrative story.
Methods of Presenting Art
The artist uses different methods to
express the idea he wants to make
clear
1. Realism
Is the attempt to portray
subject as is
.
2. Abstract
It means to move away or
seperate
Distortion – A kind of
abstract method where
the subject is in misshaped
condition
2. Abstract
It means to move away or
seperate
Cubism – Subjects are
shown in basic geometrical
shapes
2. Abstract
It means to move away or
seperate
Mangling – Subjects are
cut, lacerated, mutilated
or hacked.
2. Abstract
It means to move away or
seperate
Elongation – The subject is
lengthened for protraction
or extension.
3. Symbolism
It is the presentation of an
invisible sign such as an
idea or a quality into
something visible.
4. Fauvism
Fauve artist uses pure,
brilliant color aggressively
applied straight from the
paint tubes to create a
sense of an explosion on
the canvas.
5. Daidasm
They try to provoke the
public with outrageous
forms of arts. Came from
the French word “dada”
meaning “hobby horse”.
6. Futurism
Its works aims to capture
the speed and force of
modern industrial society
and to glorify the
mechanical energy of
modern life.
7. Surrealism
They claim to create a
magical world more
beautiful than the real one
through art. It came from
the slang of super realism.
8. Expressionism
It can be described as
pathos, morbidity, violence
or chaos, and tragedy.
 That’s all!
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