03 eLMS Activity 1 (Midterm) – ARG

A. Imitationism

The artwork called Polycritus Doryphorus (Spear

Bearer) from 450 BC looks very realistic because
its colors, proportions, texture, shapes, and other
elements resemble natural and lifelike features.
It's based on patterns and forms found in nature
or human-made objects you'd see in the real
world, not from dreams or fantasy. This artwork is
believed to be a copy of a lost Greek original,
which was discovered in Pompeii, a Roman city,
and it remained largely intact.

B. Representationism

- In this image it represents something that already

exists, should exist in a more perfect form or is
imagined to exist. This is when the members of KKK
tear up their cedulas or the personal registration tax
certificate, they are signaling their break with the
colonial government. On August 23, 1896, Andres
Bonifacio and a number of Katipuneros tore their
cedulas, signifying their protest against Spanish
colonial rule. It’s a piece of paper that represents the
Spaniards' oppression, and tearing it signifies the
beginning of our fight for freedom and independence.
The artist opens our eyes to the world’s perceptual
qualities and configurations, to its beauties, uglinesses
and horrors. Artworks, however, call attention upon
their own unique forms, lines, colors, images,
meanings, patterns of sound.