GEC 6 - Art

Appreciation
Ms. Rose Anne Joy R. Cabico
Instructor
 UNIT I: Introduction to Art
Appreciation

Chapter 4: Subject and Content

 By the end of this lesson, should be able to:

a. differentiate representational art and non-

representational art;
b. discuss the difference between an artwork’s
Learning subject and its content;
Outcomes c. identify the subject matter and content of some
of specific examples of art; and
d. enumerate the sources of the subjects of some
of the most recognizable works of art in
Philippine art history
 ◦ Subject(What)- real focus or the image
that may be extracted from examining the
arwork
◦ Content(Why) - the meaning that is
Introduction communicated by the artist or the artwork
◦ Form(How) - the development and
configuration of the artwork, how the
elments and the medium or material are put
together
 1. Representational Art
◦ have subjects that refer to objects or event
occuring in the real world
Types of
◦ also termed as figurative art, because as
Subject
the name suggests, the figures depicted are
easy to make out or decipher
Example

◦ Leonardo da Vinci, “Mona Lisa” (1503). Muśee

du Louvre Collection
 2. Non-representational art
◦ opposite of representational art
Types of ◦ often termed non-figurative
Subject ◦ does not make a reference to the real
world, whether it is a person, place,
thing, or even a particular event
◦ stripped down to visual elements such as
shapes, lines, colors that are employed to
translate a particular feeling, emotion, and
even concept
Example

◦ Jackson Pollock, “Number 1A” (1948). Oil and

enamel paint on canvas. Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA) Collection.
 ◦ Abstract Art
- a departure from reality
Non- ◦ Vasily Kandisky
representation - Russian artist
al Art and -a proponent of non-representational art
Abstract Art
- chosen art form was painting but he linked
non-representational art to music - an art form
that he was also very keen too
- he asserted that with sounds, musicians
are able to evoke imagery in their
listeners or audiences
- a lot pf his paintings are inspired by
music and are titled as impression,
improvisation, and composition
Example

◦ Pablo Picasso, “Head of a Woman, Mougins” (1962).

Metal cut-out, folded and painted. Muśee National
Picasso-Paris
 ◦ Non-representational Art
- a higher leof perceptiveness and insight
might be required to fully grasp the feeling,
emotion, or concept behind the work
Sources and
◦ Representational Art
Kinds of
- easier to infer where the subject matter
Subject
comes from
- from the figure9s0 dipicted in the artworl,
there is already a suggestion as to its
inspiration
◦ 1. Nature
- from plants to animals
- the qualities of bodies of water and the terrain of
landmassess
- the perceivable cycles amd changing of seasons
◦ Vincent Van Gogh
- saw art and nature as inseparable
- often finding solace and happiness in painting in
it (working in the middle of unsoiled fields) and
painting from it (landscapes)
◦ in a letter to his brother Theo, he wrote
“...if I felt no love for nature and my
work, then I would be unhappy.” (Van
Gogh Museum, 1882)
Example

◦ Vincent Van Gogh. “Die Ebene von Auvers” (Wheat

Fields Near AUvers) (1890). Oil on canvas.
Ősterreichische Galerie Belvedere
◦ other artists with a considerable number of
landscapes and seascapes are Claude Monet,
Camille Pissaro, Paul Cézanne, and JMW
Turner
◦ in the Philippines, National Artists for
Painting Fernando Amorsolo and Fabian de
la Rosa gained prominence from their
painted rural scenes such as women in the
fields gathering harvest
◦ Jan van Kessel
- breaking nature into smaller parts
- the Elder who did numerous still lives
and small-scale, higly detailed studies,
and scientific illustrations of flowers,
insects, shells, fruits, garlands, and
bouquets
2. Greek and Roman Mythology
◦ polytheism
◦ from episodes that transport the viewer to
heroic encounters of Achilles and Aenas
◦ warnings about man’s folly like tha vanity
of Icarus
◦ the wit and cunning of Odysseus
◦ the beauty of Aphrodite and athleticism of
Myron
◦ from the narrations in literature, artists, on
the other hand, gave faces to Greek and
Roman dieties or the gods and goddesses
whose fates are seemingly as tragic as those
of men
◦ some of the art forms they took on were
wall paintings or frescos and sculptural
works such as busts, statuaries, and
ceramics and pottery, among others