Methods of Presenting

Art Subjects

Methods of Presenting

Art Subjects

Realism Also known as naturalism Art work that attempts to portray the

subject as it is. Attempts to represent subject matter

truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and supernatural elements.

Grotto of the Loue by Gustave Courbet, circa1864

Executions of May 3,1808 by Francisco Goya(1857)

The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet (1857)

Abstraction Abstraction is used in the arts as a

synonym for abstract art Moves away from showing things as they

really are. Artwork that reshapes the natural world for

expressive purposes is called abstract

Abstraction

Abstraction

Distortion. The subject is in misshaped condition.Elongation. The subject is lengthened for protraction or extension.Mangling, Subjects are either cut, lacerated, mutilated or hacked.Cubism. Subjects are shown in basic geometrical shapes.

Ways of presenting Abstraction

Distortion

The Weeping Woman

Pablo Picasso

The Distorted Street Faces by Andre Muniz Gonzaga street art faces Brazil

The Adoration of the Shepherds (El Greco)

Elongation

Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne by

Amedeo Modigliani

Portrait of Woman in Hat

by Amedeo Modigliani

Mangling

Arrested Motion by Kim Dorland

Cubism

Cubist 9 by Artist Thomas C. Fedro

The Guitar Player Pablo

Picasso

Abstract Expressionism

Farbstudie Quadrate III by Wassily Kandinsky

MOBIUS FRACTAL HOMAGE by Wassily Kandinsky

The Scream by Edward Munch

Symbolism A symbol is a visible

sign of something invisible such as idea of quality

The use of conventional or traditional signs in the representation of divine beings and spirits (Memento Mori)

The Invisible by Marguerite

Bordet

Spirit of the new moon byArthur Loureiro Study (1888)

The Nativity

Spoliarium by Juan Luna

Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, La Laguna Estigia (The River Styx)

Fauvism Fauves paint pictures of comfort, joy and

pleasure. A movement in painting typified by the

work of Matisse and characterized by vivid colors, free treatment of form, and a resulting vibrant and decorative effect

Ecuador by Salvador Carbonell

Woman with a Hat - Henri

Matisse

Chapelle Du Ro Saire Realizzata (The Dance) by Henri Matisse

Dadaism A protest movement in the

arts formed on 1916 where Dadals reacted to what they believe were outworn traditions in art.

A protest movement formed in 1916 by a group of artist in Zurich, Switzerland. They try to provoke the public with outrageous forms of arts.

Came from the French word “dada” meaning “hobby horse”.

Nouveau réalisme

Mujeres en la Balcon by Angel

Botello

Futurism Futurist painters wanted their works to

capture the speed and force of modern industrial society.

Pontus Euxinus by Vladimir Kush

The Street Enters the House -

Umberto Boccioni

The Cyclist by Natalia Sergeevna

Skyscrapers and Tunnels (Gratticieli e tunnel) by Fortunato Depero,

Surrealism Tries to reveal a new and higher reality

than that of daily life. Founded in Paris in 1924 by French poet

Andre Breton. It came from the slang of super realism.

The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

Metamorphosis Of Narcissus, Salvador Dali

Impressionism Relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes,

open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts was soon followed by analogous styles in other media that became known as impressionist music and impressionist literature.

Claude Monet, Woman with a Parasol -

Madame Monet and Her Son (Camille and

Jean Monet), 1875

Claude Monet, The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874

The End of Summer

Morning byClaude Monet

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