Art appreciation

1. SUBJECT
AND CONTENT

2. Component of a Work of Art
1. Subject
2.Content
3.Form

3. Types of Subjects
1. Representational art
2.Non-representational art

4. Representational Art – These types of art have
subjects that refer to objects or events occurring in
the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art,
because as the name suggests, the figures depicted
are easy to make out and decipher.
TYPES OF SUBJECTS

6. Non-representational Art – does not make a
reference to the real world, whether it is a person,
place, thing, or even particular event. There were no
clear figures that jot out from the canvas; there were
only drips and splashes. Non-representational art is
also termed non-figurative art.
TYPES OF SUBJECTS

8. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART ABSTRACT ART

9. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART ABSTRACT ART
Head of a Woman
PabloPicasso(1962)

10. SOURCES AND KINDS OF SUBJECTS
Artists throughout history have
explored diverse ways of representing
nature: from plants to animals; the
qualities of bodies of water and the
terrain of landmasses; and even the
perceivable cycles and changing of
seasons. Often, these depictions are
seen as expressions of the sacred or the
profane, sired by reality or
supplemented by the artist’s
imagination

11. SOURCES AND KINDS OF SUBJECTS
Sources of Subject:
Nature
History
Greek and Roman Mythology
Judeo-Christian Tradition
Sacred Oriental Texts
Other Works of art

12. SOURCES AND KINDS OF SUBJECTS
Kinds of Subject
History
Still Life
Animals
Figures
Nature
Landscape
Seascape
Cityscape
Mythology
Myth
Dreams
Fantasies

13. Die Ebene von Auvers (Wheat Fields Near Auvers)
Vincent van Gogh (1890)

14. Die Ebene von Auvers
(Wheat Fields Near
Auvers)
Vincent van Gogh (1890)

15. Fruit Pickers
Under the Mango
Tree
Fernando
Amorsolo (1937)

16. Young Women in
the Ricefield
Fabian de la Rosa
(1907)

17. El Tres de Mayo
Francisco de Goya (1814)

18. Greek and Roman mythology were also
ripe with references: from episodes that
transport the viewer to heroic
encounters of Achilles and Aeneas;
warnings about man’s folly like the
vanity of Icarus; the wit and cunning of
Odysseus; the beauty of Aphrodite and
the athleticism of Myron.
SOURCES AND KINDS OF SUBJECTS

19. DISCOBOLUS
Myron (Roman, 2nd Century AD)

20. The formative years of church
architecture can be traced in the fourth
and fifth century but different styles and
plans were developed since then.
Prevailing ideas and philosophies
became resources that were used by
architects to reimagine what the church
should look like.
SOURCES AND KINDS OF SUBJECTS

21. Sistine Chapel
Michaelangelo (1508-1512)

22. To take on the challenge of understandingthe
content of art, it must me reiterated that there
are various Levels of Meaning.
CONTENT IN ART

23. FACTUAL MEANING:
The most rudimentarylevel of meaningfor it
may be extracted from the identifiable or
recognizableforms in the artwork and
understandinghow these elements relate to
one another
CONTENT IN ART

24. CONVENTIONAL MEANING
Pertains to the acknowledged interpretationof
the artwork using motiffs, signs, symbols,and
other cyphers as bases of its meaning.
These conventionsare establishedthrough
time, strengthened by recurrent use and wide
acceptance by its viewers or audience and
scholars who study them.
CONTENT IN ART

25. SUBJECTIVE MEANING
When subjective are consulted, a varietyof
meaningsmay arice when a paticular work of
art is read.
These meaningsstem from the viewer’s or
audience circumstances that come into play
when engagingwith art(What we know, what we
learned, what we experienced, what values we
stand for)
Meaning may not be singular,rather multiple
and varied.
CONTENT IN ART

26. Creation of Adam
Michelangelo (1814)

28. ARTIST ANd
ARTISAN

29. In Robert Henri’s the Art spirit (1923), he stated that Art when really understandis the province
of every human being.
In peter Drucker’s seminalbook post-capitalistsociety (1993), he stated that “The real
controlling resource and the absolutely decisive factor of production is neither capital not
land nor labor. It is knowledge. Insteadof capitalist and proletarians,the classes of the post
capitalist society are the knowledge workers and the service workers.”
Jerry Saltz (2016) underscoredthe significance of not only the discovery of the cave painting
but also the paintings themselves.He asserted that “these first artists invented a way to get
the three-dimensionalworld into two dimensions and attach value to their own ideas. And all
of the history of art flows forth from this invention.”

30. Have you ever wondered why some examples of artistic and creative production have
survived to this day? Museums are packed with numerous artifacts and interestingobjects
form all over the world that have survived centuries for us all to see.
In Germany,it is but one of the many examples of early catholic architecture. The account was
that master mason Gerhard Ryle started the project in 1248 but was only completed roughly
600 years later, claiming the records as one of the longest construction projects to date.
A Master artisan or craftsman would then be open to hiring apprentices who would be under
his tutelage and instruction. In in this guilds, artistry and technologyflourished under one roof.
In the context of the cathedral construction site, the master mason oversaw the work by
numerousmen of varyingartistic proclivities and skills, from the smiths (metal work),
carpenters,carriers, and glaziers (stained glass artists),among others.
The Artisan and Guilds

31. In the visual arts, an example of an artist stronglyinfluenced by this was Albrecht Durer. Born
in 1471, his father was a goldsmith;that is why he also apprenticed as such. Later on, he shifted
to the visual arts. During that time, it was customaryto travel after completing an
apprenticeship to gather more experience and knowledge elsewhere. His life was ripe with
travels, fame, and fortune.
Project Kisame is a collective endeavoramongst enthusiasts and advocates who aimed to
promote this art from through documentation,engagement,and appreciationof surviving
ceiling paintings in more than 60 churches in the Philippines.Technology and heritage
conservationoccupied a substantialpart of this project.

32. One example of a Spanish architecture that has been documented is the church of the Most
Holy Trinity in Loay, Bohol. Built in 1822, the ceiling paintings were renderedtrompe l’oeil style
depicting biblical scenes. In 2003, it became a National Historical Landmark. It was therefore
unfortunate that this church was one of those heavily damagedduring the devastating
earthquake that rattled Bohol in 2013.
Two other importantgenres for painting at that time were the tipos del pais and letras y
figuras. The former was watercolor paintingsthat showcased the different local inhabitants
of the country in different garbs, and clues to their occupation and status; while the latter
combined the principles of tipos del pais and incorporatedit as a means to illustrate the
letters of one’s name or surname.

33. One key example that illustrated the systemizationof art instructions – a combinationof sorts
of the guild and the art school- was the establishment DamianDomingo of the Academia de
Dibujo.Known as the besttipos del pais painter, this school specializedin teaching the
miniaturismo style of painting along with the tenets of classical Europeanpainting. Eventually,
other schools emerged teaching other genres such as bodegones(still life) and paisajes
(landscape).

34. Moving back to Europe, the big shift that propelledthe evolutionof the pivotal role of the artist
in the arts started during the Middle Ages up to the Renaissance period. Most pivotal
developmentsincluded the transformationof the craftsman to an artist or independentartist;
the widespreadpatronizationof secular art (alongside the continuous production of works
with religious subjects); and the assertionof cognition,the will, and individuality.
Therein, artists flexed their relationshipwith their patron as a site where negotiationsand
works were made. There were those whose work stations were segmented into two, the
Studiolo and the Bottega; the latter is where the work usually happened.
The Artist and His Studio

35. In Howard S. Becker’s Art Worlds (1982), he asserted that “all artistic work, like all human
activity, involvesthe joint activity of a number, often a large number, of people.
A curator, on the other hand, is one of the most elusive of roles to pin down. Institutional
curators are typically affiliated with museums and galleries,while independentor freelance
curators have the leeway to move around various projects, platforms, and art spaces in a
multiplicity of terms. Generally,the role of the curator is more of the interpretationand
development of the artwork(s) or the collection(s) through establishingthe significance,
relationship,and relevance of these materials in isolation andor as part of a wider narrative.
Some of the roles expected of curators are the ability to research and write, as an arbiter of
design and layout,and deciding for the display and hangingof materials for exhibition.
Other players in the world of Art

36. The process of creating an artwork does not necessarily follow a linear progression.One of
the things that one must accept is the fact that the arts have an anarchic dimensionto it,
allowing it to fully harness its creative potential. The very reason why different art styles,
periods, and movements were made possible,is because there was a form of flexibility given
to artists in terms of how to conceptualize and execute their ideas into reality. But this does
not mean there is no guiding principle that governs the general process or art production.
The process is essentiallytripartite: (1) Preproduction l, (2) Production l, and (3)
Postproduction
Production process

37. Like what was previouslymentioned, medium is one of the aspects of art that directly
correlates with its composition and presumed finality of the artwork. Medium is the mode of
expression in which the concept, idea, or message is conveyedl. It may be concrete or
tangible, such as paintings, sculptures, monuments,and structures; or it may be ephemeral or
somethingtransient, such as a track (recording of sound), a film, or a performance.
A chosen medium must not be expected to yield the same results. Givingtwo different artists
the same exact material and the general qualifierof "painting," the end product will still vary
minimallyor in an exponentialscale. This is where technique comes in, as it is the reason why
art history is described by a seeminglylimitless example of works of art. The technique of the
artwork shows the level of familiarity with the medium being manipulated.
Medium and Technique

38. One of the most common platforms to engage with the art is through exhibitions either at
museums or galleries. Nowadays,there are other exhibition spaces that have opened up for
artists to showcase their works. Often, one goes to a museum or a gallery, the white cube
often renders everythingpeaceful and calm. However, the exhibition process is an intricate
sequence of events made possible by multiple Individualsand groups within and outside the
artist and staff.
Engagement with Art

39. Thank you!