Abstract

Art
 Abstract art is art that does
not attempt to represent an
accurate depiction of a visual
reality but instead use shapes,
colours, forms and gestural
marks to achieve its effect.
Expressionism (early
twentieth century):
Expressionist artworks
involved highly intense
colour and non-naturalistic
brushwork, often based on
the artist’s inner feelings.
Door to the River (Willem de Kooning)
Cubism: Cubist artworks always began
with a subject from reality (often
objects and figures), with its elements
then broken down into distinct areas
or planes, showing different
viewpoints at the same time. Cubism
directly influenced other forms of
abstraction including constructivism,
neo-plasticism and orphism.
Factory, Horta de Ebo (Pablo Picasso)
Orphism: Coined by the French poet
and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire.
The name comes from the musician
Orpheus in ancient Greek myths, as
Apollinaire thought that painting
should be like music. Main artists
Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay
also used the term simultanism to
describe their work of this period.
Tour Eiffel (Robert Delaunay)
Suprematism: Malevich created a
new form of abstraction in order
to free art from the real world. As
well as the ‘suprematist square,'
Malevich developed a whole
range of forms often produced in
intense colours floating against a
usually white ground.
Sportsmen (Kazimir Malevich)
Constructivism: Developed by the
Russian avant-garde, the
constructivists were influenced by
the cubist three-dimensional
abstract still lifes made from scrap
materials. The constructivists made
their own constructions made from
industrial materials to reflect the
dynamism of the modern world.
Tatlin Tower (Vladimir Tatlin)
Post-painterly abstraction (1950s):
This form of abstraction focused
more than ever before on the basic
elements of painting: form, colour,
texture, scale, composition and were
ruthless in their rejection of
mysticism and of any reference to
the external world.
Squid (Frank Stella)
Hard edge painting (1960s): Seen
as a subdivision of post-painterly
abstraction this style of hard-edged
geometric abstraction reacted to
the more gestural forms of abstract
expressionism by only using
monochromatic fields of clean-
edged colour which reinforced the
flatness of the picture surface.
Saint Martin Landscape (Ellsworth Kelly)
 Fine Arts
The term "fine art" refers to an art form practised
mainly for its aesthetic value and its beauty ("art
for art's sake") rather than its functional value.
Fine art is rooted in drawing and design-based
works such as painting, printmaking, and
sculpture. It is often contrasted with "applied art"
and "crafts" which are both traditionally seen as
utilitarian activities. Other non-design-based
activities regarded as fine arts, include
photography and architecture, although the
latter is best understood as an applied art.
Fine Arts

Printmaking Sculpture
Charcoal Drawing

Calligraphy
Acrylic Painting
 Visual Arts

Visual Arts is a modern but imprecise

umbrella term for a broad category of art
which includes a number of artistic
disciplines from various sub-categories.
Its wide ambit renders meaningless any
attempt at definition, so rather than
define or compose some diluted
meaning for it, here is a list of its
constituent disciplines.
 Photography Art

Environmental Art New Media Art

 Performance Art

This classification consist

of an art form that refers
to public performance
events which occur mostly
in the theater.
 Contemporary Performing Arts

Traditional Performing Arts

Hyper Modern Perfomance Art

Aesthetic Art
Utilitarian Art
Social Art
Personal Art
Expressionism – Sadness
(Use Hue colors ONLY)
Cubism – Woman
(Use pencil and different colors)
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