ARTS APPRECIATION

Sources and kind of subject

 SOURCES OF SUBJECT IN ART

• Primary sources
• Secondary sources
 PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary sources are first hand accounts or direct evidence created by a

witness about an event, object, or person.
 TYPES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Some examples of primary sources include:

• Artwork (painting, sculpture, print, performance piece, etc.)

• Journals, Diaries, and Autobiographies
• Correspondence or Letters
• Interviews and Speeches
• Photographs
• Recordings (audio or visual)
• Records (birth and death certificates, baptismal records, etc.
 SECONDARY SOURCES

Secondary sources interpret and analyze a primary source. Secondary

sources typically use quotes and reference primary sources and original
pieces of art.
 TYPES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

The following are examples of secondary sources:

• Biographies
• Journal, Magazine and Newspaper Articles
• Reviews
• Books
• Documentaries
• Commentaries and Criticisms
• Textbooks
EXAMPLES
 KINDS OF SUBJECT IN ART

• Kinds of subject in art appreciation is a still life, nature, animals,

history and legends.
- Still life is a collection of inanimate objects arranged together in a
specific way.
- Nature is a focused view or interpretation of specific natural elements
- Animals The beauty of animals is their versatility as subjects; they are
often used as symbols, but they are often simply majestic creative
muses.
- History and legends is a history painting is a genre in painting defined
by its subject matter rather than artistic style. History paintings usually
depict a moment in a narrative story, rather than a specific and static
subject, as in a portrait.
 REFERENCES

- https://prezi.com/p/t7hhwq6kbswk/5-kinds-of-subject-in-art-appreciation/
St. Ambrose University Library (2019). Art History: Primary & Secondary
Sources Retrieved August 27, 2021 from
https://libguides.sau.edu/c.php?g=719693&p=5142242