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ART SUBJECTS
Lecture
in ZHU 111 by
Dr. Allan C. Orate
WAYS OF PRESENTING
THE SUBJECT
REALISM
ABSTRACTIONI
SM
NONOBJECTIVISM
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REALISM
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c
The subject
is presented
as
it is
perceived
in reality
The painting shows a woman who
looks like a real woman in the world.
53
b
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ABSTRACTIONISM
The subject
is presented
in distorted,
symbolic,
nonrepresentati
onal way.
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NON-OBJECTIVISM
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a
The painting
has no
subject
at all.
To analyze the
work of art, you
also need to
Portrait
consider the
Genre
Landscape
KINDS
Seascape
of subject:
Cityscape Still Life
Animal
Religious
Historical Dreams,
Mythology
Fantasy
No Subject
Legends
(Non-
46a
PORTRAIT
Shows
people
emphasizi
ng the
face
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61a
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11a
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LANDSCAPE
50a
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SEASCAPE
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CITYSCAPE
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ANIMALS
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HISTORICAL
RELIGIOUS
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MYTHOLOGY
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LEGEND
18c
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DREAM
Surrealist paintings usually
AND
have this subject about
FANTASY the content of the artists
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NO SUBJECT Non-Objective
36a
26a
Realistic
Portrait
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12b
Abstract
Portrait
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53d
Abstract
Genre
Painting
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78d
Realistic
Still Life
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LEVELS OF ANALYZING
THE SUBJECT-C0NTENT
Visual Elements
Artistic Form
Representation
Emotional
Suggestion
What
is this?
Visual
Sense-data in the
Elements painting such as color
There
are five Artistic
levels
Form
of
analyzi Represen
ng this. -tation
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Persistence of
Memory,
will provide you
VISUAL ELEMENTS
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You see
colors
like blue,
brown,
black.
You see
lines
such as
straight
and
curve.
And you
ARTISTIC FORM
You see
the
visual
elements
combine
d with
one
another,
such as
curvilin
ear blue
with
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REPRESENTATION
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You see
clocks,
tree,
table,
bottle,
fetus,
hill,
desert,
sea,
sky,
clouds.
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
You feel
sadness
or
lonelines
s as if
you are
in the
midde of
a barren
desert
surround
ed by
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INTELLECTUAL MEANING
You think
about time
running out
as
symbolized
by melting
clocks, or
about death
as indicated
by the sunset
and the clock
set at 5:55