This document provides a list of over 100 potential art themes that could be explored for a GCSE or iGCSE course, including: nature, abandoned places, fear and nightmares, faces and features, fantasy, flowers and plants, graffiti, identity, insects in nature, impressionism, landscapes, light and dark, masks, memory, mirrors and reflections, myths and legends, still lifes, texture, time and space. The themes cover a wide range of subjects including the natural world, human emotions, pop culture, social issues, and artistic styles and techniques.
This document provides a list of over 100 potential art themes that could be explored for a GCSE or iGCSE course, including: nature, abandoned places, fear and nightmares, faces and features, fantasy, flowers and plants, graffiti, identity, insects in nature, impressionism, landscapes, light and dark, masks, memory, mirrors and reflections, myths and legends, still lifes, texture, time and space. The themes cover a wide range of subjects including the natural world, human emotions, pop culture, social issues, and artistic styles and techniques.
This document provides a list of over 100 potential art themes that could be explored for a GCSE or iGCSE course, including: nature, abandoned places, fear and nightmares, faces and features, fantasy, flowers and plants, graffiti, identity, insects in nature, impressionism, landscapes, light and dark, masks, memory, mirrors and reflections, myths and legends, still lifes, texture, time and space. The themes cover a wide range of subjects including the natural world, human emotions, pop culture, social issues, and artistic styles and techniques.
Abandoned places Fear and Nightmares Environment New/old Advertising/Consumption and consumerism, Rich world vs Poor Faces and features Opposites world From natural to abstraction Out of Place Ageing, old and new, decay and change Fantasy Ordinary vs extraordinary Animals Fragile things Paradise Art & Words Family Pattern eg. patterns in Beauty. The beauty myth, Self-image Flowers and plants nature/repeat patterns/rotational Beautiful vs Ugly Graffiti/murals/Protest messages patterns Bullying Heroes Planets/Save the planet/Space Book illustration and text Identity Pop Art and Comics Casting Shadows Inside out People Color and mood Insects/butterflies in nature Portrait In The News Time-lapse/freeze Camouflage Rich world-vs-poor world Impressionism /light in painting frame/movement Cubism Refugees/War Illustrate a story Transformation Carnival and Celebration Reflections Landscapes Tropical Close ups Realism/ surrealism Landscapes of the mind, loneliness, loss vegetation/Jungles Culture Patterns, objects, traditions: eg: Africa, Asia. Japan Sea /coast Light/dark Trash and/or treasure Collections Seasons Masks Through a Window Contrasts Stories and storytelling Magnification and macro Ugly/beautiful Dance Symbolism Memory Under water Decay Seven Deadly Sins Music Vegetables and Fruit Distortion Self-portrait Mirrors/reflection Washed-up, things Dream/Surrealism Self-image Money /inequality found on a beach Design eg. clothes/shoes/campaign poster Selfies Metamorphosis/change World within a world Depression/Fragility Secrets/a secret place Money Women in Art Equality Still lifes Myths and Legends/Magic Zoom-in/Close-up Emotions Texture Zodiac Time and Space
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