Methods of Presenting the Art Subjects
• In presenting the art subject, the
artist uses different methods to
express the idea he wants to
make clear
-ISMS
• It comes from Greek “ismos”
and Latin “ismus”
• a distinctive doctrine, cause,
or theory
Realism
• portray the subject as it is
• the artist’s main function is to
describe as accurately and
honestly as possible what is
observed through the senses.
Abstraction
• means “ to move away or
separate”
moves away from
showing things as they really
are
● Understanding
abstract art is in the
eye and spirit of the
beholder – YOU
● Realism presents the viewer an artist’s interpretation or
representation of the world in its complexity and
simplicity.
● Abstraction presents the viewer an artist’s reaction to the
world in its complexity and simplicity.
● Realism mimics the outer world in a variety of styles and
techniques whereas abstraction expresses the inner world
in a variety of styles and techniques.
● Realism hopes to answer “what is it?” whereas
abstraction hopes to answer “what is it saying?”
Abstract subjects can be presented in many ways
like...
●DISTORTION
- clearlymanifested when the subject is
in misshapen condition or the regular
shape is twisted out
The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893
Male Farm Worker in Blue Tank Top
● ELONGATION
-It refers to that which is
being lengthened,
protracted or extended.
Amedeo Modigliani,
Lunia Czechowska, 1918
El Greco
●MANGLING
- Subjects or objects which
are cut, lacerated,
mutilated or hacked with
repeated blows
●CUBISM
-Stresses abstract form
through the use of a cone,
cylinder, or sphere at the
expense of other pictorial
elements
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract Expressionism
● Started in New York City during the mid 1940’s
● Applied paint rapidly to huge canvases
● Looks as if accidental but is highly planned
● No effort to show subject
● Expressive method of painting was as
important as painting itself
Types of Abstract Expressionism
o Action Painting
• Wanted to show texture in
the paint
• Showing movement of the
artists hand
o Color Field Painting
• Concerned with color and
shape
• Wanted to create peaceful
and spiritual paintings
• No representative subject
matter
Jackson Pollock, Guardians of the Secret
(1943)
Jackson Pollock, Blue (Moby Dick) (1943)
Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist: Number
1 (1959)
Jackson Pollock, Blue Poles: Number II (1952)
Willem de Kooning, Asheville (1948)
Willem de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle, (1953)
Willem de Kooning, Woman I (1952)
Willem de Kooning, Woman V (1953)
Arshile Gorky, The Liver is the Cock’s
Comb (1944)
Color Field Painting Technique
● Broad areas of low contrast color on shallow picture plane
● Solid areas of color cover entire painting
● Interested in effects of vast color filling the canvas
“beyond infinity”
● Paintings are very large
● Meant to be seen up close so viewer is immersed in color
environment.
● Used color to create different effects on canvas
Mark Rothko, Untitled (1949)
Mark Rothko, No. 61: Rust and Blue (1953)
Dadaism
• A process movement of
arts was formed in 1916 by
a group of artists and poets
in Zurich, Switzerland.
Dadaism
• The name “Dada” a French
word meaning “hobby horse”
was deliberately chosen
because it
was
nonsensical.
Dadaism
a form of artistic anarchy
born out of disgust for the
social, political and cultural
values of the time.
Dadaism
- wanted to contemplate the
definition of art, and to do so
they experimented with the
laws of chance and with the
found object.
- an art form underpinned by
humor and clever turns
• Artists of this movement through their works ridiculed
the meaningless and baselessness of the modern
world.
• Due to the “controversial” nature of Dadaism, it was
seen as an art movement that is against the standard
and norms that society stands for.
• Conventionally, an art piece
takes hours, if not days, to
accomplish and bring up to an
aesthetic level of admiration
by the audience.
• However, Man Ray finished his
art piece titled “gift” by simply
sticking some tacks to flatiron
with some glue.
• The name of the piece,
L.H.O.O.Q., is a pun;
• The letters pronounced in
French sound like "Elle a
chaud au cul", "She is hot in
the arse“ or "She has a hot
ass"; "avoir chaud au cul"
• It is a vulgar expression
implying that a woman has
sexual restlessness
Mona
Mania….
from the year
1503 to the
present
Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1503-1519
Dadaism
- wanted to contemplate the
definition of art, and to do so
they experimented with the
laws of chance and with the
found object.
- an art form underpinned by
humor and clever turns
Futurism
- an Italian art movement that
aimed to capture in art the
dynamism and energy of the
modern world
- Their paintings glorified
the mechanical energy of modern life
included automobile, motorcycle,
and railroad.
Futurism
• Futurism was first announced on February 20, 1909
• by the Italian poet and editor Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti.
• Marinetti coined the word Futurism to reflect his goal
of discarding the art of the past and celebrating
change, originality, and innovation in culture and
society.
Fauvism
• style of painting that flourished in
France around the turn of the
20th century.
• Fauve artists used pure, brilliant
colour aggressively applied
straight from the paint tubes to
create a sense of an explosion on
the canvas.
Fauvism
• The Fauvist movement was led by
Henri Matisse.
• Their paintings were
characterized by wild brushwork,
seemingly loud color, while their
subject portrayed a high level of
simplification and abstraction.
Surrealism
• This movement in art and literature was founded in Paris
in 1924 by the French poet Andre Breton.
• Surrealism is an invented word meaning super realism
• This movement was influenced by the Freudian Psychology
which emphasizes the activities of the subconscious state
of the mind.
Surrealism
• Beyond reality
• philosophical and artistic movement that explored the
workings of the mind, championing the irrational, the
poetic and the revolutionary
“Lullaby of Uncle Magritte” (2016), Michael Cheval
Salvador Dali Persistence of Memory (1931)
Hyperrealism
• The young art form of creating illusions by enhancing
reality.
• Artists of this genre take their works beyond purely
photographic quality by placing added focus on visual,
social, and cultural details of everyday life.
Hyperrealist artists typically choose from drawing, painting and
sculpture in their efforts to bring an added dimension of reality
to life.
Metal Magazine
Hyperrealism Sculpture
Filipino Realism Painter Gary Carab
John Cyril Dojaylo
his Filipino artist from Roxas
City, Capiz went viral for his
meta, hyperrealistic portrait
titled Me, Myself and I (2),
depicting himself painting his
own image using oil on a
48×80-inch canvas.
