METHODS OF ART

PRODUCTION AND
PRESENTATION
STYLES OF ART:
Throughout history, artists have
portrayed familiar themes, but
their works have differed not only
in their social and cultural
contexts, but also in their style. In
the Visual Arts, style refers to the
characteristic ways in which
artists express themselves.
 METHODS
1. REALISM
2. ABSTRACTION
3. SYMBOLISM
4. FAUVISM
5. DADAISM
6. FUTURISM
7. SURREALISM
1. REALISM
 The attempt to portray the subject as
it is.
 Selects, changes and arranges
details to express the idea he wants
to make clear
 Realists try to be as objective as
possible
 REALISM
 describes as accurately and
honestly as possible what is
observed through the senses
 The art is realistic when the
presentation and organization of
details in the work seem so
natural
 REALISM
In literature, realism has for its
goal the faithful rendering of
the objective reality of human
life
intended to stress the daily life
of the common man
Realism - the artists portrays the subject as ease.
Example: Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet by
Gustave Courbet in 1854
 2. ABSTRACTION
 “to move away or separate” –
Abstract art moves away from
showing things as they really are
 Used when the artist becomes so
interested in one phase of a scene
or a situation that he does not show
the subject at all as an objective
reality, but only his idea or his feeling
Abstraction - there is no subject but only his feelings
and ideas. You cannot figure out the subject/object.
Example: Figura by Arturo Luz
 ABSTRACTION
 Abstract subjects can also be
presented in many ways:
a. DISTORTION
b. ELONGATION
c. MANGLING
d. CUBISM
e. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
 2.1. DISTORTION
 The subject is in misshapen
condition or the regular shape is
twisted out
 e.g. Henry Moore’s sculptural
works
ancient Egyptian paintings/
sculptural works
The Henry Moore Sculpture Center
was opened in 1974. It includes
maquettes in plaster and working
models of works executed in more
heroic size in bronze. Outside the
museum, Moore's bronze work, Two
Large Forms (1966-69) greets the
visitor.
Drape – Reclining Woman
Egyptian Paintings
Distortion - usually done to dramatize the shape
of a figure or to create an emotional effect.
Measurement is not proportioned.
Example: Caricature
 2.2. ELONGATION

Lengthened
A protraction or
extension
 2.3. MANGLING

Shows subject or
objects which are cut,
lacerated, mutilated or
hacked with repeated
blows
 2.4. CUBISM
Stresses abstract form through
the use of a cone, cylinder, or
sphere at the expense of other
pictorial elements
Show forms in their basic
geometrical shapes
An early twentieth century art movement that
rebelled against Renaissance one-point
perspective and illusionism through an
emphasis on geometricity, simultaneity etc.
Cubism (1907-14): Art Style Invented
by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque
 2.5. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
 A style of abstract painting
 Characterized by great verve, the use of
large canvasses and a deliberate lack of
refinement in the application of the paint
 Strong color, heavy impasto, uneven brush
strokes, and rough textures
 Departs completely from subject matter,
from studied precision & from any kind of
preconceived design
 3. SYMBOLISM
It is the visible sign of something
invisible such as ideas or quality.
Something that you can create in
the mind such as ideas that can be
depicted through painting.
e.g. lion to represent courage
lamb to represent meekness
 SYMBOLISM
Well-known symbols arise
from conventional usage,
association & general
relationship
e.g. parable of the Lost Sheep
 4. FAUVISM
The fauves did not attempt to
express ethical, philosophical
or psychological themes
Tried to paint pictures of
comfort, joy and pleasure
Used extremely bright colors
Fauvism - the painter try to paint picture by using bright
and extreme colors in order to assume positive
characters.
Example: The portrait of Madame Matisse (The green
line) by Henry Matisse in 1905
 5. DADAISM
“dada” – French word meaning
“hobby horse”
The dadaists reacted to what
they believed were outworn
traditions in art and the evils
they saw in society
Dadaism - a post-World War I cultural movement in visual art
as well as literature (mainly poetry), theatre and graphic
design. It shows a movement that shock and provokes the
viewers.
Example: Hitler in Hell by George Grosz
 DADAISM
Tried to shock and provoke the
public with outrageous pieces
of writing, poetry recitals and
art exhibitions
Much dadaic art was playful &
highly experimental
 6. FUTURISM
 Futurist painters wanted their
works to capture the speed and
force of modern industrial society
 Their paintings glorified the
mechanical energy of modern life
 Subjects included automobiles,
motorcycles, railroad trains etc.
Futurism - an art movement that originated in Italy in the early
20th century. Machine and motions is the main subject of this
technique which try to show movement and speed. Rejected
the traditional perspectives and attempted to glorify a new life.
Example: The City Rises by Umberto Boccioni (1910)
 7. SURREALISM
Uses art as a weapon against
the evils and restrictions that
surrealists see in society
it tries to reveal a new and
higher reality than that of daily
life
Surealism - invented from the word super naturalism. It
is used to emphasize the unconscious creative activity
of the mind.
Example: dream
deja’vu