Art App Prelim Lesson 6

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LESSON 6
The Subjects and Methods of Arts

 The Study of Arts

• That which brings life in harmony with the beauty of the world (Plato)
• An attitude of spirit, a state of mind – one which demands for its own satisfaction
and fulfilling, a shaping of matter to new and more significant form (John Dewey)
• The most intense mode of individualism that the world has known (Oscar Wilde)
• Not a thing – it is a way (Elbert Hubbard)

Classifications of Art
1. THE VISUAL ARTS
It deals with any creation of an artist which are primarily visual in nature.
Painting – From Latin word “pingere” meaning to paint. Painting is a category in visual and fine arts that
involve the application of paint, pigment, color, or other medium to a surface (support base) in order to
present a picture of a subject. Paintings may have their support such surfaces as walls, paper, cancans, wood,
concrete glass, cloth, or cardboard.
Sculpture – It came from a Latin word “sculpere” which means to cut or removing pieces from a stone. It is
the art of carving, modelling, casting, assembling, and constructing materials into figures of forms to achieve
three-dimensional piece.
Architecture – Is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other non-building structures for man’s
use.
Plastic Arts – It has three-dimensional forms, examples are architectural designs and construction of buildings
and other structures: landscape gardens, furnishing design, city planning, interior design, industrial design,
etc.

2. THE PERFORMING ARTS
Performing arts refers to forms of art in which artists use their voices, bodies or inanimate objects
to convey artistic expression. It is also a non-traditional way of making art. Live-ness, physical
movement and impermanence offered artists alternatives to the static permanence of painting and
sculpture.
Dance – A non-verbal art generally involves movement of the body, usually rhythmic accompanied
by music or a voice sound.
Music – The art of combining sounds of varying pitches to produce a coherent composition that is
melodious, harmonious, intelligible, and expressive of ideas and emotions.
Theater – A play drama that is being recreated by actors to form a dramatic art form.
Film – Or motion picture is the art of moving images; a visual medium that tells stories and
revealing reality.

3. LITERARY ARTS
Written materials such as poetry, novels, poems, drama and others It is highly expressive in nature
with the choice of words and emotional images.
4. DIGITAL AND MULTI-MEDIA ARTS
Like graphic arts it has two two-flat dimensional surface, such as painting, drawing, film, magazines
and papers, radio and television, photography, billboards, and other products of printing industry
with the aid of computer and other electronic devices.
5. DECORATIVE ARTS
Decorating visual objects and food preparation for aesthetic function for packaging, interior and
exterior designing.

Subjects of Art
It refers to artworks represented. It may be person, object, scene, or event. Not all arts has subjects,
this type of art is called “non-objective art”
1. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS

Any artwork that is easily recognizable and represents reality of the things in the world.
a. PORTRAITURE
Specifically referring to depiction of human male and female.
b. FLORA AND FAUNA
It represents animals and flowers
c. STILL LIFE
It represents animals and flowers
d. COUNTRY LIFE
It represents daily encounters of human to the things in the world.

Subjects of Art
It refers to artworks represented. It may be person, object, scene, or event. Not all arts has subjects,
this type of art is called “non-objective art”
1. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS

Any artwork that is easily recognizable and represents reality of the things in the world.
e. LANDSCAPE, SEASCAPES, & CITYSCAPES
Specifically referring to land and water forms and sceneries.
f. RELIGIOUS
It represents objects and persons related to religious beliefs and practices.
g. MYTHOLOGICAL
It represents supernatural events or fantasy depiction, people and places.
2. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL OR NON-OBJECTIVE ARTS

Art that has no real subjects or representation like the ABSTRACT, a total departure from reality.

Methods of Presenting the Subjects of Art

Every artist has his own individual and unique style of doing his artworks. The style is almost all governed by his choice of the
methods in presenting his subjects.
1. REALISM
Known also as naturalism, this is an attempt to represent things as it is with accuracy and precision.
2. SURREALISM
An invented word came from super naturalism or simply beyond realism. Surrealist attempt to represent subjects which is
usually the result of dreams or fantasy.
3. CUBISM
The cubist want to emphasize the advantage of using the basic geometric shapes in presenting any subjects. Pioneer
artists in this method is Brague and Picasso.
4. EXPRESSIONISM
Modern painting originally introduced in Central Europe during the first decade of the 21st century. The method is a
depiction of emotional realism expression of a real-life subject based on subjective perspective.
5. IMPRESSIONISM
A realism art based on the artist’s impression or perception particularly the effects of lights on the objects or subjects.
6. SYMBOLISM
Just like in literature, symbolism in painting represents absolute reality using visible signs of object in an indirect manner.
Methods of Presenting the Subjects of Art

Every artist has his own individual and unique style of doing his artworks. The style is almost all governed by his choice of the
methods in presenting his subjects.
7. POINTILSM
A unique way of rendering a painting applying fine dots in the canvas.
8. FUTURISM
Originated in Italy, this type of painting depicts motion like the speed of a flying objects are
portrayed dramatically in the canvas
9. MINIMALISM
A modern art emphasizes the importance of shapes and space to depicts minimal usage of flamboyant display of
decorative design but rather simplicity.
10. FAUVISM
This painting uses bright colors and attractive shapes that depicts happiness and positivity.
11. DADAISM
Dada as known to artists, this painting is shocking in portrayal of political, social, and cultural issues and subjects.
12. PURE ABSTRACTIONISM
From its name, this art is actually a withdrawal from truth and reality. This art is being presented in distortion, elongation,
mangling, cubism and abstract expressionism.
 The Medium and Technique of Arts, medium refers to the

art materials and tools and other supplies while technique refers to
how the desired materials are used or applied to make an art piece.
An Art work should meet the following measurement:

1. genuineness
2. aesthetic quality
3. mastery of skill

Creators:
Composer
dramatist/playwright,
choreographer

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists
Statue of “David”
1873
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Italian Scultpure Artist

“Charlie Chaplin”
Comedy Act, 1918
Switzerland, Charles Spencer Chaplin

Actor, Director and Composer

“Les Miserables” 1862
“the Hunchback of Notre Dame” 1831
Victor Marie Hugo

French Poet, Novelist and Dramatist
“Cave Shadows” 1963

“The Woman who Had Two Navels” 1983
Nicomedes “Nick” Marquez Joaquin

National Artist, Filipino Journalist, Writer and Novelist

“University of Santo Tomas”

Main Building Façade, 1920.
Rev. Fr. Roque Roaño,

Civil & Structural Engineer.
Designed the main building façade of UST

… There was Ruby Neilam Salvador Adams.
Broadway lead star dance performer in
several musicals like “Pajama Game” 1952.
Before the famous Lea Salonga (1989)

and Rachelle Ann Go (2014) in
Broadway musical “Miss Saigon”…

Leonardo da Vinci – The Renaissance Man; Mona Lisa
Vincent Willem van Gogh – Post-Impressionism; Starry Night; Sunflowers,

Irises, At Eternity’s Gate
Michaelangelo Buonarroti – Mural of the Sistine Chapel; Statues of David,

Pieta and Madonna and Child
Auguste Rodin – progenitor of Modern Sculpture; The Thinker and The Kiss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – prolific and influential composer of the Classical

era; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) ; operas Le Nozze di Figaro
(The Marriage of Figaro), Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)


Martha Graham – pioneer of modern dance; a movement language based on the
expressive capacity of the human body
Fernando Amorsolo – National Artist; painter of rural Philippine landscapes
Guillermo Tolentino – National Artist in Sculpture; Oblation; Bonifacio
Monument; Manuel L. Quezon statue
Liza Macuja-Elizalde – Prima Ballerina of the Filipino Masses; first Filipina
ballerina and first soloist to join the Kirov Ballet of Russia
Ishmael Bernal – National Artist noted for his melodramas; Nunal sa Tubig,
City after Dark and Relasyon; Himala – best Filipino film ever produced


Leonardo Locsin – National Artist in Architecture; CCP Complex: Cultural
Center of the Phil., Folk Arts Theater, PICC, Philcite, Westin Phil. Plaza
(Sofitel)
Nora Aunor – Phil. cinema’s Superstar; actress, recording artist, and film
producer; Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos, Himala, Bona, The Flor
Contemplacion Story and Thy Womb

To conclude.
“Art is not what you see, but what you
make others to see.”
-Edgar Degas

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EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE ISO 9001: 2015 CERTIFIED

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 The Study of Arts

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1. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS

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1. REPRESENTATIONAL OR OBJECTIVE ARTS

2. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL OR NON-OBJECTIVE ARTS

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Methods of Presenting the Subjects of Art

Methods of Presenting the Subjects of Art

 The Medium and Technique of Arts, medium refers to the

An Art work should meet the following measurement:

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 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

Switzerland, Charles Spencer Chaplin

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

Victor Marie Hugo

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

“Cave Shadows” 1963

Nicomedes “Nick” Marquez Joaquin

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 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

“University of Santo Tomas”

Rev. Fr. Roque Roaño,

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

Before the famous Lea Salonga (1989)

 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

Vincent Willem van Gogh – Post-Impressionism; Starry Night; Sunflowers,

Michaelangelo Buonarroti – Mural of the Sistine Chapel; Statues of David,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – prolific and influential composer of the Classical

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 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

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 Some Famous Foreign and Local Artists

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