This document discusses key concepts in art including medium, composition, subject matter, style, and expressive content. It provides biographical information on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and analyzes three of her self-portraits - The Little Deer, Self-Portrait II, and Self-Portrait with Monkey. The Little Deer depicts Kahlo's face on a wounded deer pierced by arrows amid dead trees, reflecting themes of suffering. Self-Portrait II shows Kahlo wearing a necklace of thorns and flowers, expressing a mixture of sadness and hope. Self-Portrait with Monkey features a monkey with its arms around Kahlo's neck, conveying themes of protection and hope.
2. Art
Content
• Art related terminologies
• Frida Kahlo’s background
• The Little Deer
• Self-Portrait II
• Self Portrait With A Monkey
3. Art
Medium
• Medium is a material used by
an artist to create art.
• A piece of art is made out of
its medium.
• A piece of art can be made out
of several media.
• Oil paint
• Acrylic paint
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• Canvas
• Wood
• Wall
In
paint
4. Art
Composition
• The design of art
• How elements work together
• Shapes
• Colors
• Lights
• Etc.
It describes the overall
design of a painting
In Painting
5. Art
Subject Matter
• What the art is showing us.
• It can be about people, objects,
places, events or anything.
• It can also refer to an
underlying idea
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Underlying Message
6. Art
Style
• Characteristics of artwork.
• It includes the look of the
artwork.
• Also, it can reflect the values
and ideas that an artist
expresses.
Realism: artwork showing true
experience.
Naturalism: artwork describes the
nature.
Surrealism: artwork describes
something which is not real.
7. Art
Expressive Content
• Attitudes or feeling about the
subject matter.
• What the work makes you
think or feel about about.
• It can express anger, love, joy,
etc.
A painter selects
and arranges the
elements of
paintings, uses
different medium
to achieve her
expressive Purpose.
8. Art
Frida Kahlo
• Real Names: Magdalena Carmena
Frida
• Born: July 6, 1907, in Coyocoán,
Mexico City, Mexico
• Father: Guillermo Kahlo
• Mother: Matilde Calderon y Gonzalez (“Frida Kahlo,” 2018)
9. Art
The Little Deer
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Style: Surrealism
Subject Matter:
Kahlo, Frida. Little Deer. Collection of Mrs. Carolyn
Farb. Houston. Web. May 21, 2020
A deer, pierced by arrows in a
forest of dead trees with Kahlo’s
face.
10. Art
The Little Deer
Expressive Content
Composition
It reflects themes of suffering and
hopelessness.
Kahlo, Frida. Little Deer. Collection of Mrs. Carolyn
Farb. Houston. Web. May 21, 2020
• The background have dead trees
and broken branches
• Far away, there is a lighting-lit
sky and a water body
• In the middle of the forest, there
a wounded deer, pierced by
arrows
11. Art
Self-Portrait II
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Style: Realism
Subject Matter:
Kahlo Frida with a necklace of
thorns, flowers in her hair and
wears hand-shaped earrings.Kahlo, Frida. Self Portrait
II. 1940. Private Collection.
United Stares. Web. May 21,
2020
12. Art
Self-Portrait II
Expressive Content:
It expresses themes of mixture of sadness and hope.
Composition:
• Kahlo with a necklace of thorns and blood
drawing from her neck.
• She is wearing a hand-shaped earring, and the is
another hand holding a white ribbon.
• She wearing flowers in hear, behind there are large
brown leaves, cloudy sky.
Kahlo, Frida. Self Portrait
II. 1940. Private Collection.
United Stares. Web. May 21,
2020
13. Art
Self-Portrait with Monkey
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Style: Realism
Subject Matter:
Kahlo Frida with a monkey on
her shoulder—its arms around
her neckKahlo, Frida. Self Portrait
with Monkey. 1938.
Albright-Knot Gallery,
Buffal0. Web. May 21, 2020
14. Art
Self-Portrait with Monkey
Expressive Content:
It expresses themes of protection and
hope.
Composition:
• Kahlo with a monkey on her back—its
arms around her neck.
• The background is of big curtain of
green leaves with a yellowish.
Kahlo, Frida. Self Portrait
with Monkey. 1938.
Albright-Knot Gallery,
Buffal0. Web. May 21, 2020
16. Art
References
Frida Kahlo. (2018, February 28). Biography. https://www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo
Kahlo, F. (1938). Self-Portrait with Monkey [Painting]. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
New York. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kahlo/kahlo_selfmonkey.jpg.html
Kahlo, F. (1940). Self-Portrait, Dedicated to Dr Eloesser [Painting]. Private Collection,
United States. https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-dedicated-to-dr-
eloesser.jsp#prettyPhoto
Kahlo, F. (1946). The Little Deer [Painting]. Collection of Mrs. Carolyn Farb, Houston,
Texas. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kahlo/kahlo_deer.jpg.html
