1) REALISM

2) ABSTRACTION
3) SYMBOLISM
4) FAUVISM
5) DADAISM
6) FUTURISM
7) SURREALISM
8) EXPRESSIONISM
 attempt to portray the subject as it is
 to describe as accurately and honestly as possible
what is observed through the senses.
 artist becomes so interested
in one phase of a scene or a
situation that he does not
show the subject at all as
an objective reality, but
only his idea, or his feelings
about it.
 “TO SEPARATE”
 The picture is not just
realistic.
 Constantin Brancusi’s “Bird
in Space”
 created in 1923
 old in 2005 for $27.5
million
1) Distortion
2) Elongation
3) Mangling
4) Cubism
5) Abstract expression
 subject is in
misshapen
condition, or the
regular shape is
twisted out
 Refers to that
which is
lengthened,
protraction or
extension.
 Showing subjects
which are cut,
lacerated,
mutilated, or
hacked with
repeated blows.
 Stresses abstract
form through the
use of a cone,
cylinder, or sphere
at the expense of
other pictorial
elements.
 geometrical
shapes.

 E.g. Paul Cezanne,

George Braque,
Pablo Picasso
 Characterized by great
verve, the use of large
canvasses, and a
deliberate lack of
refinement in the
application of the
paint.
 Strong color, heavy
impasto, uneven brush
strokes, and rough
textures are other typical
characteristics.
 Jackson Pollock
 visible sign of
something invisible such
as an idea or a quality.
 It can be simply an
emblem or sign like: % to
represent percent.
 Juan Luna’ “Spolarium”
 As a Roman Term,
“Spolarium”, referred to
the spoils of war, spoils
of tyrants and the
king.
 did not attempt to express
ethical, philosophical, or
psychological themes.
 Most of these artists tried to
paint pictures of comfort,
joy, and pleasure.
 They used extremely bright
colors.
 To a fauve, for example, a
tree trunk need not be
brown. It could be bright,
red, purple, or any other
color.
 Important fauves: Andre
Derain, Raoul Dufy, George
Rouault
 reacted to what they believed
were outworn traditions in art,
and the evils they saw in society.
 They tried to shock and
provoke the public with
outrageous pieces of writing,
poetry recitals, and art
exhibitions.
 Much dadaic art was playful and
highly experimental.
 The name “dada” (French:
“hobby horse”) was deliberately
chosen because it was
nonsensical.
 E.g. Marcel Duchamp
Works that capture the speed
and force of modern
industrial society.
Subjects included
automobiles, motorcycles, and
railroad trains – subjects that
express the explosive vitality of
a modern city.
 Founded by Andre Breton
 weapon against the evil and
restrictions in the society
 Unlike Dadaism, it tries to reveal a
new and higher reality than that
of daily life.
 surrealists declare that a magical
world – more beautiful than the
real one – can be created in art and
literature.
 beauty sought by surrealism is
violent and cruel.
 try to shock the viewer or reader
and show what they consider the
deeper and truer part of human
nature.
necessity of a spiritual rebirth for
man in an age that was fast
becoming influenced by
materialism
involving pathos, morbidity,
defeat, violence or chaos, and
tragedy.
 Presenting the real-life
subject with emphasis on the
impression left in the artist’s
mind, particularly the effect
of light on the object used
as subject.
 E.g. an apple on a table is
presented not as entirely red,
but with white areas showing
the spots where the light rays
fall upon.
 Painters: Claude Monet,
Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas,
August Renoir, Camille
Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh
1. LINE
2. COLOR
3. TEXTURE
 touch
4. SHAPE
 Final form
5. PERSPECTIVE
 Effect of distance/
spatial relationship
6. SPACE
 Area occupied
7. FORM
 Shape + volume
8. VOLUME
 Space occupied in 3
dimensions
 as the viewpoint moves side to side,
 CLOSE = faster,
 FAR = slower.
 The planet moves faster when nearer the Sun. (kepler)
 LINES
 STRAIGHT LINES
 HORIZONTAL
 VERTICAL
 DIAGONAL
 CURVED
 CROOKED
 REPEATING
 CONTRASTING
 MODIFIED
 When light goes out, color goes
with it.
 When light strikes a surface, some
of the color rays are absorbed while
others are reflected
 White, gray, and black have no
color quality.
 HUE
 When we say that
flower is yellow,
we are naming its
hue.
 VALUE
 lightness or
darkness
 INTENSITY
 3rd dimension of
color (strength)
 Primary hues: BRY - monochromatic
 blue, red, and yellow
 Secondary hues: GOV - polychromatic
 Green, orange, and violet
 If 2 primary hues are mixed in equal
parts
 Intermediate hues: - polychromatic
 produced by combining one primary
color and one secondary color.
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