WAYS OF PRESENTING

THE SUBJECT
Art Apprecistion
BY MARCO POLO S. CRISTOBAL
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NATURALISM CUBISM
REALISM FAUVISM
ABSTRACTION DADAISM
DISTORTION FUTURISM
ELONGATION SURREALISM
MANGLING EXPRESSIONISM
 NATURALISM

Naturalism makes the assumption that nature can

be fully understood in theory. Without the
regularity, uniformity, and wholeness implied by
these attributes in nature, the search for
scientific knowledge would be irrational.
 REALISM

In art history, realism originally refers to a

movement in the middle of the nineteenth century
that painted realistically on subjects drawn from
common life. Today, the phrase is sometimes used
to describe paintings that are so realistic that
they almost seem photographic.
 ABSTRACTION
Abstraction can be found to some extent in all forms of
art; it is neither a style nor a movement. Abstraction is
defined by a number of dictionaries as "not representing
things pictorially" and "freedom from representational
qualities in art." According to The Tate, it occurs when
an artist either "creates something which has no source
at all in external reality" or "removes (abstracted)
elements from an object to create a more simplified
form."
Joan Mitchell, Untitled, 1958
 DISTORTION

Any alteration an artist makes to a form's size,

shape, or visual character in order to improve
visual impact, communicate a thought, or transmit
a mood is referred to in the art world as
distortion. Identifiable forms or objects are altered
to the point that they no longer appear realistic in
abstract art.
 ELONGATION

The first thing you may be wondering when

reading about elongated figures in art is, “What
are elongated figures?” This art and design style
involves creating stretched and much more
extended pieces than reality. Something elongated
is longer than usual or extended out further than
expected.
 MANGLING

artist shows subject or object which are cut

lacerated, mutilated, or hacked with repeated
blows.
Eagle Riding on Waves is a painting by
Judith Redman
 CUBISM

Cubism was a revolutionary new approach to

representing reality invented in around 1907–08 by
artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They
brought different views of subjects (usually
objects or figures) together in the same picture,
resulting in paintings that appear fragmented and
abstracted. Pablo Picasso.
Guitar on a Table
 SYMBOLISM

The representation of subjects or ideas by use of a

device or motif to create underlying meaning. A
literary and artistic movement that originated in
France and spread through much of Europe in the
late nineteenth century.
The Dance of Life by Edvard Munch
 FAUVISM

Fauvism, style of painting that flourished in

France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve
artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively
applied straight from the paint tubes to create a
sense of an explosion on the canvas.
(Bonheur de Vivre) The Joy of Life by Henri
Matisse, 1906, the Barnes Foundation
 DADAISM

Dadaism or Dada is a post-World War I cultural

movement in visual art as well as literature
(mainly poetry), theatre and graphic design.
 FUTURISM
an artistic movement begun in Italy in 1909 that
violently rejected traditional forms so as to
celebrate and incorporate into art the energy and
dynamism of modern technology. Launched by
Filippo Marinetti, it had effectively ended by 1918
but was widely influential, particularly in Russia
on figures such as Malevich and Mayakovsky.
noun: Futurism
Giacomo Balla - Flight of the Swallows
 SURREALISM
Surrealism is a cultural and artistic movement
that originated in the 1920s and 1930s as a reaction
to the traumas of World War I and the
disillusionment with modern civilization. It is a
style that tries to challenge reality by depicting a
warped, irrational universe filled with surprising,
bizarre features.
Leonora Carrington, ”Figuras fantásticas a
caballo", 2011
 EXPRESSIONISM
Expressionism refers to art in which the image of
reality is distorted in order to make it expressive
of the artist's inner feelings or ideas.
The Large Blue Horses by Franz Marc, 1911
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