m PRIMARY LANGUAGE ±built into the center of

humanity, the language of art to which we can all

respond

m SECONDARY LANGUAGE ± made up of the

conventions, the traditions and styles, which have
accumulated over the ages

m THIRD LANGUAGE ± deals with the ability to talk

the arts meaningfully and expressively
m Style factor ± the style of an era which may be a
product of the collective feeling of society or of the
enlightened perceptions of the religious,
philosophical, and social leaders or ruling class of
such an age
m Historical factor ± historical development as
context during which the art is created
m Geographical factor
m Political, psychological, and sociological factor ±
socio-economic and political systems and
behavioral patterns contribute to the development
or change in style in art

m Religious factor
m Technological factor ± technology produces new
art forms
m ïour relationships as the subject matter, the
artist, the audience, and its own form. These
become the basis to approaches
1. Mimetic approach ± based on subject matter
2. Expressive ± based on the artist
3. Pragmatic ± based on the audience
4. ïormal or aesthetic ± based on the form
m 4ith respect to subject matter, art is an
imitation, depiction or representation of
some aspect of nature of life
m 4hatever is represented in a work of art
m Not all arts have subject
m Subject matter is what something is about.
m In artwork, the subject matter would be what
the artist has chosen to paint, draw or sculpt.

2 types of art:
1. Representational or objective art
2. Non-representational or non-objective art
m Nature (landscapes, seascapes, other
natural and ecological subjects)
m Animals
m History
m Religion, mythology, legend, and folklore
m Everyday life or genre
m Art is not limited to subjects that by their
very nature are beautiful, agreeable,
lovely, and acceptable.

m The good, the bad and the ugly can be

subjects of art for as long as they
consequently produce a value
Discovered 1908 near
4illendorf, by Josef
Szombathy Present
location
Naturhistorisches
Museum, Vienna,
Austria
The apparent large size of the breasts and
abdomen, and the detail put into the vulva,
have led scholars to interpret the figure as a
fertility symbol.

The figure has no visible face, her head

being covered with circular horizontal bands
of what might be rows of plaited hair, or a
type of headdress.
a sixteenth-century portrait
painted in oil on a poplar
panel in ïlorence, Italy by
Leonardo di ser Piero da
Vinci during the
Renaissance

The work is currently

owned by the Government
of ïrance and is on
display at the Louvre
museum in Paris under
the title 6

 



  

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viewing the w 
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glass (prior to 2005
move)
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 is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and
sexuality.

Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy

would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and
so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as
a threat. Her unhappiness in marriage caused her to
frequently seek out the companionship of her lover Ares.
Version of Aphrodite of
Cnidus at the National
Archaeological Museum
of Athens
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 (c. 1445[1] ±
May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the
ïlorentine school during the Early Renaissance
(Quattrocento).

Among his best known works are 



 
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  , 1486. Uffizi, ïlorence.
m a prolific seventeenth-century ïlemish Baroque
painter, and a proponent of an extravagant
Baroque style that emphasized movement, color,
and sensuality

m Religion figured prominently in much of his work

and Rubens later became one of the leading
voices of the Catholic Counter-Reformation style
of painting.

  

, 1610±11. Central
panel. Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp.
m a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally
considered one of the greatest painters and
printmakers in European art history and the most
important in Dutch history

m Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are

exemplified especially in his portraits of his
contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of
scenes from the Bible.
Portrait of Saskia van
Uylenburg, ca. 1635.

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