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METHODS OF PRESENTING ART SUBJECTS
Introduction
Certain methods of presenting arts are employed in order for it to be effective.
In presenting his subject, the artists uses different methods to express the idea he wants to
make clear. The following are the commonly used methods in presenting the subjects of arts:
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.
The artist main function is to describe accurately what is observed through the senses.
Examples of realism ARTS
Giora Eshkol (Daydreaming)
Willem ClaeszHeda (Banquet Piece with Mince Pie)
symbolism
The presentation of an invisible sign such as an idea or a quality into something visible.
Sample of Symbolism
Author Unknown (Memento Mori)
fauvism
Themes are either ethical, philosophical or psychological. Subjects express comfort, joy or
happiness.
Sample of Fauvist Art work
Japanese Propaganda poster during ww II
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.
Futurism
Its works aims to capture the speed and force of modern industrial society and to glorify the
mechanical energy of modern life.
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.