Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Direct Ways
Direct Ways
PRESENTING AN
ART SUBJECT
1. NATURALISM
Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting.
Naturalism is a type of art that pays attention to very accurate and precise details, and
portrays things as they are.
Example:
View of the Forest of Fontainebleau (1830) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille-Corot
2. ABSTRACT
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition
which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Is
art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but
instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect.
Example:
3. IMPRESSIONISM
Impressionism, French Impressionisme, a major movement, first painting and later in
music, that developed chiefly in France during the late 19 th and 20th centuries.
Impressionist painting comprises the work produced between about 1886 by a group of
artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques.
Example:
9. ELONGATION
Elongation is when the art subject is lengthen, protracted or extended. The use of
geometrical shapes is common in Pablo Picasso & Paul Cezanne art works.
Example:
Red Headed Girl in Evening Dress by Amedeo Modigliani
10. DISTORTION
In the art world, a distortion is any change made by an artist to the size, shape or visual
impact.
Example: