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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
ART APPRECIATION
METHODS OF PRESENTING THE ART SUBJECTS
ASSESSMENT
A. Differentiate the following methods of presenting the art subjects and give pictures for each:
1. Realism Answer 1: Realism , in the arts, the accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life. Realism rejects imaginative idealization in favour of a close observation of outward appearances. As such, realism in its broad sense has comprised many artistic currents in different civilizations. Reference: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (2020) Realism. https://www.britannica.com/art/realism-art Gustave Courbet: The Artist's Studio The Artist's Studio , showing Gustave Courbet at the easel, oil on canvas by Courbet, 1854–55; in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. © AISA—Everett/Shutterstock.com
- Abstraction
Answer 2: Abstract art, also called nonobjective art or nonrepresentational art, painting, sculpture, or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part. All art consists largely of elements that can be called abstract elements of form, colour, line, tone, and texture. Prior to the 20th century these abstract elements were employed by artists to describe, illustrate, or reproduce the world of nature and of human civilization and exposition dominated over expressive function. Willem de Kooning: Woman II Woman II , oil on canvas by Willem de Kooning, 1952; in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. 149.9 × 109.3 cm. Fine Art Images/SuperStock Reference: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (2015)Abstract Art https://www.britannica.com/art/abstract-art
Answer c: Cubism, highly influential visual arts style of the 20th century that was created principally by the artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris between 1907 and 1914. The Cubist style emphasized the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, rejecting the traditional techniques of perspective, foreshortening, modeling, and chiaroscuro and refuting time-honoured theories that art should imitate nature Brittanica (2020). William S. Rubin discussing whether Pablo Picasso or Georges Braque “invented” Cubism, as well as Paul Cézanne's influence on both of the artists, from the documentary Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism (2007). d. Distortion Answer d: The distortion of the figure allows it to become semi-abstract, creating a sense of feeling invisible. Distorted so far as to become semi-abstract, this figure, pained in dark, gloomy colours, reminds the audience of depression and sadness as well as sleep and dreams through the figure's closed eyes. © Pinterest.com
3. Surrealism Answer 3: Surrealism, movement in visual art and literature, flourishing in Europe between World Wars I and II. Surrealism grew principally out of the earlier Dada movement, which before World War I produced works of anti-art that deliberately defied reason; but Surrealism’s emphasis was not on negation but on positive expression. Brittanica (2020) © Brittanica 4. Fauvism Answer 4: Fauvism, style of painting that flourished in France around the turn of the 20th century. Fauve artists used pure, brilliant colour aggressively applied straight from the paint tubes to create a sense of an explosion on the canvas.Brittanica (2020) Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line , oil painting by Henri Matisse, 1905; in Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. 40.5 × 32.5 cm. Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, with permission of Mme Marguerite Duthuit, permission S.P.A.D.E.M. 1973 by French Reproduction Rights, Inc. 5. Dadaism Answer 5:
7. Futurism Answer 7 : Futurism, Italian Futurismo, Russian Futurizm, early 20th-century artistic movement centred in Italy that emphasized the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of modern life Brittanica (2019).. Futurism Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (centre), the founder of the Futurist movement, with the artists (left to right) Luigi Russolo, Carlo Carrà, Umberto Boccioni, and Gino Severini. Alinari Archives/age fotostock 8. Symbolism Answer 8 : Symbolism, a loosely organized literary and artistic movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19th century, spread to painting and the theatre, and influenced the European and American literatures of the 20th century to varying degrees. Symbolist artists sought to express individual emotional experience through the subtle and suggestive use of highly symbolized language Brittanica (2013). The Poor Fisherman , oil on canvas by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1881; in the Louvre, Paris. Courtesy of the Musee du Louvre, Paris; photograph, Marc Garanger
9. Pointillism Answer 9 : Pointillism, also called divisionism and chromo-luminarism, in painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of colour to a surface so that from a distance they visually blend together. The technique is associated with its inventor, Georges Seurat, and his student, Paul Signac, who both espoused Neo-Impressionism, a movement that flourished from the late 1880s to the first decade of the 20th century. Georges Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte— A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 , oil on canvas by Georges Seurat, 1884–86; in the Art Institute of Chicago. Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, 1926.224/Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago 10. Pop- Art Movement Answer 10: Pop art, art in which commonplace objects (such as comic strips, soup cans, road signs, and hamburgers) were used as subject matter and were often physically incorporated into the work Brittanica (2020). Andy Warhol: Campbell's Soup Cans paintings Campbell's Soup Cans , polymer paint on canvas by Andy Warhol, 1962; a selection of five on display in the Museumsquartier, Vienna. © Alain Lacroix/Dreamstime.com
Arshile Gorky: The Liver Is the Cock's Comb The Liver Is the Cock's Comb , oil on canvas by Arshile Gorky, 1944; in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Courtesy of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, gift of Seymour H. Knox
