METHODS OF PRESENTING

ART SUBJECTS
 Methods in presenting art subjects

1. Realism
2. Abstraction
3. Symbolism
4. Fauvism
5. Dadaism
6. Futurism
7. Surrealism
8. Expressionism
 1. 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.

• An art or a work is realistic when the

presentation and organization of details
in the work seem so natural.
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FERNANDO AMORSOLO’S PAINTING

The making of the Philippine Flag

Giora Eshkol (Daydreaming) a figurative realism
fine artist, 3d animation creator, internet
publishing pioneer (1994), Israeli artist.
Willem Claesz Heda (Banquet Piece with
Mince Pie) a Dutch Golden Age artist from
the city of Haarlem.
 2. 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.
Types of abstract art
1.Distortion
2.Elongation
3.Mangling
4.Cubism
DISTORTION
DISTORTION
DISTORTION
Elongation
Mangling
Mangling
Mangling
Cubism
Cubism
Cubism
 3. Symbolism

• The
presentation of
an invisible sign
such as an idea
or a quality
into something
visible.
Author Unknown (Memento Mori)
Symbolism
Symbolism
 4. Fauvism
• Themes are
either ethical,
philosophical or
psychological.
Subjects express
comfort, joy or
happiness.
Fauvism
Fauvism
Fauvism
 5. 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”.
Dadaism
Dadaism
Dadaism
 6. Futurism

• Its’ works aims

to capture the
speed and
force of
modern
industrial
society and to
glorify the
mechanical
energy of
modern life.
Futurism
Futurism
Futurism
 7. 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.
Gennady Privedentsev (Bird`s Cocktail)
Surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism
 8. Expressionism
-Introduced in German during the first
decade of 20th century and influences felt
by the European artists from 1910 up to the
present.

-They believed in the necessity of a

spiritual rebirth for the human being in an
age that was fast becoming influenced by
materialism.
Paul Dumol – Paglilitis ni Mang
Serapio (1969)
 Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio
dialogue
“Hindi Ninyo nauunawaan ang kirot ng
paghihiwalay. Hindi Ninyo nauunawaan ang
sindak ng pag-iisa. Sol! ITO’Y KAMATAYAN!
Araw-araw umuupo sa bangketa, binabantayan
ang nagdaraang mga tao, nagmamakaawa,
nagpapalimos, Diyos ko! PABAYAAN NAMAN
NINYONG ILIGTAS KO ANG AKING SARILI MULA SA
PAGKABULOK! Nabubulok na balat, nabubulok na
kamay, nabubulok na laman, nabubulok na ugat,
nabubulok na bato.”