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Humanities
➢ Celebration of individual expressiveness & human values.
Arts is :
➢ Universal
➢ Important
➢ Timeless
➢ Everywhere
Subject
➢ is the term used for whatever is represented in a work of art.
*represent - regain > making the subject present again in your artwork.
Arts:
Visual > painting, sculptures, architecture
Auditory > literature, music
Combined > theater, movies, drama, dance
*All arts have subjects except architecture.
Architecture > no subject > non-objective
Ways of Representing a Subject
1) Realism
➢ When the presentation of details and the organization of them in the work are so nearly obvious
and seem so natural.
a) Expressionism
➢ Works that are close to realism but the depiction is has been modified by the artists’ expressive
qualities shown in how forms have been distorted and how colors are changed…
b) Organic
➢ The term is used for works of art that approach abstract.
c) Surrealism
➢ The subject has something to do with dreams & the subconscious.
➢ Attempts to show the inside of a human mind as well as the appearance of the outside world.
➢ It may be clear and vivid but it is not necessarily logical.
d) Naturalism
➢ When it is almost photographic in quality (or appearance) or if it is very detailed.
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2) Abstract
➢ When the artist is interested in one phase of a scene or a situation that the subject is not
shown at all as an objective reality but only as of the artist’s idea of it or feeling about it.
Sources of Art Subject
1) Nature
➢ Animals
➢ People (not known)
➢ Landscapes (e.g mountains)
2) History
➢ Rulers (famous?)
➢ Events
3) Greek and Roman Mythology
➢ e.g Venus, Cupid, Zeus, Poseidon, Olympus
4) The Judaeo-Christian Tradition
a) The Bible > Old & New Testament
Canonical books-words of God
b) The Apocrypha > unchosen books?
c) Legends and Lives of the Saints
d) Rituals
5) Oriental sacred texts
6) Subject derived from other Works of Art
Minor arts > digital arts; pottery; photography
Major arts > painting …
Elements of the Visual Arts
1) Line
➢ Abstract entity
➢ Representation of a line
➢ Aspects of visual arts are called elements.
➢ Used to lead the viewer’s eyes throughout the artwork.
a) Vertical
b) Horizontal
c) Diagonal
d) Curved
e) Zigzag
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Humanities
➢ Celebration of individual expressiveness & human values.
Arts is :
➢ Universal
➢ Important
➢ Timeless
➢ Everywhere
Subject
➢ is the term used for whatever is represented in a work of art.
*represent - regain > making the subject present again in your artwork.
Arts:
Visual > painting, sculptures, architecture
Auditory > literature, music
Combined > theater, movies, drama, dance
*All arts have subjects except architecture.
Architecture > no subject > non-objective
Ways of Representing a Subject
1) Realism
➢ When the presentation of details and the organization of them in the work are so nearly obvious
and seem so natural.
a) Expressionism
➢ Works that are close to realism but the depiction is has been modified by the artists’ expressive
qualities shown in how forms have been distorted and how colors are changed…
b) Organic
➢ The term is used for works of art that approach abstract.
c) Surrealism
➢ The subject has something to do with dreams & the subconscious.
➢ Attempts to show the inside of a human mind as well as the appearance of the outside world.
➢ It may be clear and vivid but it is not necessarily logical.
d) Naturalism
➢ When it is almost photographic in quality (or appearance) or if it is very detailed.
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2) Abstract
➢ When the artist is interested in one phase of a scene or a situation that the subject is not
shown at all as an objective reality but only as of the artist’s idea of it or feeling about it.
Sources of Art Subject
1) Nature
➢ Animals
➢ People (not known)
➢ Landscapes (e.g mountains)
2) History
➢ Rulers (famous?)
➢ Events
3) Greek and Roman Mythology
➢ e.g Venus, Cupid, Zeus, Poseidon, Olympus
4) The Judaeo-Christian Tradition
a) The Bible > Old & New Testament
Canonical books-words of God
b) The Apocrypha > unchosen books?
c) Legends and Lives of the Saints
d) Rituals
5) Oriental sacred texts
6) Subject derived from other Works of Art
Minor arts > digital arts; pottery; photography
Major arts > painting …
Elements of the Visual Arts
1) Line
➢ Abstract entity
➢ Representation of a line
➢ Aspects of visual arts are called elements.
➢ Used to lead the viewer’s eyes throughout the artwork.
a) Vertical
b) Horizontal
c) Diagonal
d) Curved
e) Zigzag
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