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Subject Matter – What Is It Saying?. Define subject matter, media, craftsmanship and design. Describe each type of artistic subject matter listed below: Landscape / cityscape Portrait / figure / self-portrait Still Life Abstraction Non – objective. Subject Matter – What Is It Saying?.
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Subject Matter – What Is It Saying? • Define subject matter, media, craftsmanship and design. • Describe each type of artistic subject matter listed below: • Landscape / cityscape • Portrait / figure / self-portrait • Still Life • Abstraction • Non – objective
Subject Matter – What Is It Saying? • Define subject matter, media, craftsmanship and design. • Name and describe each type of artistic subject matter listed below: • Landscape / cityscape • Portrait / figure / self-portrait • Still Life • Abstraction • Non – objective
Explain genre painting, social comment and narrative subjects. Provide examples of each from the text. • Categorize the following works, according to subject matter: • P. 40 – Degas (The Star) • P. 510 – Wood (Stone City, Iowa) • P. 555 – Diebenkorn (Cityscape 1) • P. 554 – Kline (Meryon) • P. 469 – Duchamp (Nude Descending Staircase) • P. 452 – Matisse (Red Studio)
Subject Matter – What Is It Saying? • Define subject matter, media, craftsmanship and design. • Subject matter – what the artist is conveying • Media – the tools and materials the artist has used • Craftsmanship – the ability to make useful objects attractive • Design – the structure of visual language
2. Name and describe each type of artistic subject matter listed below: • Landscape / cityscape – Landscapes are representations of natural environments and cityscapes represent urban environments. • Portrait / figure / self-portrait – A portrait is a representation of a person. Figurative work often represents nudes. This is a way of appreciating the human body as an aesthetic form. A self-portrait is an artist’s representation of him or herself. • Still Life – A representation of inanimate objects, things that do not move. • Abstraction – The subject matter may be recognized, but is changed or altered in some way (colour, shape, etc…). • Non – objective – These works contain no recognizable objects and are composed only of colour, shape, line, etc…
Explain genre painting, social comment and narrative subjects. Provide examples of each from the text. A genre painting represents a scene from everyday life, including the everyday activities of ordinary people. Social commentary is used to make a visual statement about society or the world. Narrative subjects tell a story.
4. Categorize the following works, according to subject matter: • P. 40 – Degas (The Star) • P. 510 – Wood (Stone City, Iowa) • P. 555 – Diebenkorn (Cityscape 1) • P. 554 – Kline (Meryon) • P. 469 – Duchamp (Nude Descending Staircase) • P. 452 – Matisse (Red Studio)