What is ART ?
1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
2. the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance.
Different ways / Methods of Presenting Art
Introduction
Certain methods of presenting arts are employed in order for it to be effective.
In presenting his subject, the artists uses different methods to express the idea he wants to make clear.
The following are the commonly used methods in presenting the subjects of arts:
· Realism
· Abstraction
· Symbolism
· Fauvism
· Dadaism
· Futurism
· Surrealism
Realism
It is the attempt to portray the subject as is. The artist selects, changes, and arranges details to express the idea he wants to make clear.
The artist main function is to describe accurately what is observed through the senses.
Examples of realism ARTS
Giora Eshkol (Daydreaming)
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| Giora Eshkol (Daydreaming) |
Willem ClaeszHeda (Banquet Piece with Mince Pie)
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| Willem ClaeszHeda (Banquet Piece with Mince Pie) |
abstract
It means to move away or separate. Abstract art moves away from showing things as they really are.
The art work is not realistic.
Eg: Leonid Afremov
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RAINY CITY — PALETTE KNIFE Oil Painting On Canvas By Leonid Afremov |
Types of abstract art
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.
Sample: Abstract Art -Cubism: Pablo Picasso
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| Pablo Picasso Cubism |
symbolism
The presentation of an invisible sign such as an idea or a quality into something visible.
Sample of Symbolism
Author Unknown (Memento Mori)
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| Memento Mori |
fauvism
Themes are either ethical, philosophical or psychological. Subjects express comfort, joy or happiness.
Sample of Fauvist Art work
Japanese Propaganda poster during ww II
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| Japanese Propaganda poster during ww II |
Dadaism
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”.
Sample:Hannah Hoch-Cut With the Kitchen Knife
Sample:Hannah Hoch-Cut With the Kitchen Knife
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| Hannah Hoch-Cut With the Kitchen Knife |
Futurism
Its’ works aims to capture the speed and force of modern industrial society and to glorify the mechanical energy of modern life.
Sample of Futurism: Goncharova Sheep Shearing
Sample of Futurism: Goncharova Sheep Shearing
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| Natalia Goncharova Sheep Shearing |
surrealism
Founded in Paris in 1924 by French poet Andre Breton.
It tries to reveal a new and higher reality than that of daily life. They claim to create a magical world more beautiful than the real one through art.
It came from the slang of super realism.
Sample of Surrealism
Gennady Privedentsev (Bird`s Cocktail)
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| Gennady Privedentsev (Bird`s Cocktail) |
There are various Styles and methods in Art, to name a few:
abstract expressionism
a style in abstract art in which the artist emphasizes emotions and reactions to things rather than showing objects as they really appear
agitprop
art, literature, or music that supports political beliefs
aquatint
the method used to make aquatint pictures
art deco
a style of art, decoration, and architecture with simple strong lines that was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s in Europe and the US
art nouveau
a style of art, decoration, and architecture that uses curved patterns of leaves, flowers, and other natural objects, and was popular at the end of the 19th century in Europe and the US
Arts and Crafts
made in a style that returned to using patterns, materials, and methods that existed before industrial production, following ideas developed in England in the late 19th century
the avant-garde
the art that is produced by avant-garde artists
baroque
relating to the very detailed style of art, building, or music that was popular in Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries
brushwork
the way an artist creates effects using a brush
camp
a style of art or entertainment that deliberately does not follow traditional ideas about what is considered good in order to produce a humorous effect
chiaroscuro
the way that light and dark areas create a pattern, especially in drawings and paintings
classicism
a style of art or literature based on ancient Greek and Roman styles that is beautiful in a simple controlled way
conceptual art
art in which the idea the artist wants to express though a piece of work is more important than the work itself
expressionism
a style in art, literature, and music in which the artist emphasizes emotions and reactions to things rather than objects as they really appear
form
the structure of a piece of writing or music or a painting
formalism
a style or method in art, literature, music etc in which there is more emphasis on obeying formal rules than expressing meaning or emotion
freeform
freeform music or art does not obey the usual rules for creating a piece of music or art
futurism
a movement in art and literature in the early 20th century that used technology as its subject
genre
a particular style used in cinema, writing, or art, which can be recognized by certain features
Gothic
Gothic novels and films have frightening and mysterious subjects
Gothic
Gothic buildings or literature
gouache
a style of painting using these paints, or the paints used
idealism
a style of art that shows things in a perfect state
idiom
a particular style in language, art, or music
Impressionism
a style of painting in which artists use light and colour to give the general feeling of a scene, rather than exact detail. Impressionism began in France in the middle of the 19th century.
lyricism
the expression of feeling in art
magic realism
a type of literature or cinema in which very strange things happen in ordinary situations, as they do in dreams
medium
a particular type of art used as a way of expressing ideas or feelings
minimalism
a style of art that developed in the 1960s and uses a small number of simple shapes and colours
mode
a particular fashion or style of art, literature, clothes etc
modernism
a style of art, literature etc that developed in the early part of the 20th century
montage
the method of combining several different pictures, pieces of music etc, to create a single piece
motif
an idea, subject, or pattern that is frequently repeated in a piece of literature, art etc
naturalism
a style of art and literature that shows people as they are in real life
new wave
a form of art, music, theatre etc that uses new styles and ideas
op art
a style of painting that uses lines and shapes that seem to move when you look at them
pastiche
a work of literature, music, art, or film that makes use of material from other similar works, especially in order to laugh in a gentle way at those other works
pastiche
the art or practice of creating works of art in this way
personification
the practice of showing a particular quality in the form of a person, or an instance of this
perspective
a method of showing distance in a picture by making far away objects smaller
photorealism
a style of painting or drawing in which images look so real that they are hard to distinguish from photographs
pointillism
a style of art in which pictures are created using very small spots of colour
pop art
a style of modern art that began in the 1960s and used familiar images such as advertisements as its subjects
postmodernism
ideas, attitudes, or styles of art, literature, or thinking that have developed after modernism, often as a reaction against it
psychedelia
music, art, or writing that is based on the experiences that people have when they are taking psychedelic drugs
realism
a style in art and literature that shows life as it really is
romanticism
a style of literature, art, and music common at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries that emphasized the importance of personal feelings and of nature
still life
a type of art that represents objects rather than people, animals, or the countryside
style
the way that someone writes or produces music or art
surrealism
a 20th-century style of art and literature that tried to represent dreams and unconscious experience using unusual combinations of images
tempera
a method of painting in which colour is mixed with egg or another thick liquid
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