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ANALYSIS OFART SUBJECTSLecture in ZHU 111 by Dr. Allan C. Orate

2 The WAYS the subject is presented

The KINDS of subject

The LEVELS of subject-contentThere are three areas you need to consider in analyzing the subject of art: WAYS OF PRESENTING THE SUBJECTREALISM

ABSTRACTIONISM

NON-OBJECTIVISM

REALISM

The subject is presented as it is perceived in realityThe painting shows a woman who looks like a real woman in the world. Its a copy of a natural woman.42cwww.leonardoda vinci.net

ABSTRACTIONISM

The subject is presented in distorted, symbolic, non-representational way. In this cubist painting, the woman is represented showing many views in a flat surface.53bwww.librarising.com

NON-OBJECTIVISM

The painting has no subject at all.This is a painting that is purely formal, without any representation. It is seen only as visual elements and their combination which make up the form.49awww.winsonmar.comTo analyze the work of art, you also need to consider the KINDS of subject:

PortraitGenreLandscape Seascape Cityscape Still LifeAnimalReligiousHistoricalMythology LegendsDreams, FantasyNo Subject (Non-Objective)

46aPORTRAIT

Shows people emphasizing the facewww.artsunlight.com

61aGENRE Shows activities of people.www.wallpaper.org

11aSTILL LIFE Inanimate objects in indoor settingwww.ibiblio.org

LANDSCAPE 14www.theartwolf.com

50aSEASCAPEwww.wikipaintings.org

17CITYSCAPEwww.commons.wikimedia.org

www.faculty.umb.eduANIMALS

22HISTORICALwww.en.wikipedia.org

www.historyforkids.orgRELIGIOUS

33MYTHOLOGYwww.paintinghere.org

64LEGENDwww.wikipaintings.org

18cSurrealist paintings usually have this subject about the content of the artists subconscious mind.DREAM AND FANTASYwww.arthistory.about.com

36aNO SUBJECT Non-Objective Paintingwww.arthistory.about.com You may analyze the subject by combining the way it is presented and the kind of subject. Realistic Portrait

26awww.commons.wikimedia.org12b Abstract Portrait

www.wikipaintings.orgAbstractGenrePainting

53dwww.pablopicasso.org78d Realistic Still Life

www.docoart.com The analyzes of art also involves the SUBJECT-CONTENT.

This refers to the art as it is perceived by your SENSES, felt by your HEART, and thought by your MIND. LEVELS OF ANALYZING THE SUBJECT-C0NTENTVisual ElementsArtistic FormRepresentationEmotional SuggestionIntellectual Meaning5What is this?Visual Elements Artistic FormRepresen-tationEmotional ExpressionIntellectualMeaningSense-data in the painting such as color (red) or shape (circle).Visual elements seen in combination like red circle. Reference of artistic form to things in reality like red circle representing an apple.The painting expresses feelings such as red that means terror.The painting expresses ideas such as apple that means sin according to the biblical story.There are five levels of analyzing this.

This painting by Dali, The Persistence of Memory, will provide you with a very good example of subject-content analysis.www.wikipaintings.org

You see colors like blue, brown, black. You see lines such as straight and curve. And you see curvilenear shapes.

VISUAL ELEMENTSwww.wikipaintings.org

You see the visual elements combined with one another, such as curvilinear blue with brown outline.

ARTISTIC FORMwww.wikipaintings.org

You see clocks, tree, table, bottle, fetus, hill,desert, sea, sky, clouds.

REPRESENTATIONwww.wikipaintings.org

You feel sadness or loneliness as if you are in the midde of a barren desert surrounded by strange looking objectsEMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONwww.wikipaintings.org

You think about time running out as symbolized by melting clocks, or about death as indicated by the sunset and the clock set at 5:55 PM, or about childhood memory as meant by the fetus.INTELLECTUAL MEANINGwww.wikipaintings.org