LESSON 4

SUBJECT AND
CONTENT OF ART
 THE SUBJECT OF ART
• The Subject of art is the Matter to be described or to be portrayed by
the artist.
• The subject of art is varied. This may refer to any person, object,
scene, or event. In general, the subject of an artwork is anything
under the sun.
• The Subject could be make-believe, imaginary, and invented.
Subjects can also be real events, like the devastations brought about
by Super typhoons entering the Philippines or catastrophic tsunamis
hitting many Asian countries.
TWO KINDS OF ART
AS TO SUBJECT
REPRESENTATIONAL
OR OBJECTIVE ART
• They are those arts that depict (represent) objects
that are commonly recognized by most people.
• They attempt to copy, even if in a subjective manner,
something that is real.
• They use “form” and are concerned with “what” is
to depicted in the artwork.
Examples
• Still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject
matter, typically commonplace objects, which may be
either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or
man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins,
pipes, and so on) in an artificial setting.
• Portraits is a painting,photograph,figure, or any other art
forms in which the face and its expression is predominant.
• Landscapes, Seascapes, Moonscapes, Cityscapes
• Mythology and Religion, Dreams and Fantasies.
NON- REPRESENTATIONAL
OR NON- OBJECTIVE ART
They are those art without any reference to anything outside itself ( without
representation).
This kind of art is non- objective because it has no recognizable objects.
It is abstract in the sense that it does not represent real objects in our
world. It uses “content” and is concerned with “how” the artwork is
depicted.
The artist attempts only to show his ideas and feelings not as objective as
the realist or the representational artist.
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