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    This document outlines the key differences between the subject and content of artworks. It defines subject as the main focus or most recognizable element, while content refers to the overall meaning or message intended by the artist. The document also categorizes subjects as representational or non-representational, and provides examples of common subject types and sources of subjects. Key levels of meaning in artworks are identified as factual, conventional, subjective, and iconographic.

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    This document outlines the key differences between the subject and content of artworks. It defines subject as the main focus or most recognizable element, while content refers to the overall meaning or message intended by the artist. The document also categorizes subjects as representational or non-representational, and provides examples of common subject types and sources of subjects. Key levels of meaning in artworks are identified as factual, conventional, subjective, and iconographic.

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    MODULE 3:

    SUBJECT AND
    CONTENT OF ARTS
    LEARNING OUTCOMES:
    At the end of the module, you should be
    able to:
    1. Differentiate content from subject;
    2. Classify artworks according to subject;
    3. Analyse how artists presents their subjects
    in relation to the real subject;
    4. Characterize sources and kinds of arts.
    Poll

    SUBJECT
    CONTENT
    SUBJECT
     Main focus in the artwork
     Most recognizable thing in the entire work of
    art, regardless of its size.
    Types of Subject on an Art
    Representational Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Two Sisters
    (on the Terrace) 1881
     With subject
     Represents objective
    images of people or
    objects and also
    visualize on as a
    resemblance on the real-
    world
     Recognizable subject of
    an art
    Fernando Amorsolo:
    Dalagang Bukid (Woman with
    Banga) 1926
    Types of Subject on an Art
    Non-
    Representational
     Without subject
     It does not depend on
    reality.
     Creates purely
    aesthetic reasons
     Highly subjective and
    difficult to define
    Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913
    Kandinsky was recognized as the “Father
    of Modern Abstract Art” in the 20th Century
    Jose Joya: Hills of Nikko, 1964
    Sources of subject of arts
    Primary sources Secondary sources
     strictest definition, first-hand  refers to the evidences
    evidences such as personal written about the past. It
    letters, diaries, records or was interpreted through the
    other documents created written documents by the
    during the period under lens of the time period an
    study. event happened.
     First-hand accounts about  On strictest definition,
    events, practices, or secondary sources are
    conditions for studies and considered as a document
    researching. addresses for the primary
     Records that were created sources.
    and made by first witnesses
    or first recorders
    Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
    Main sources of subject of arts
     Nature
     History
     Greek and Roman Mythology
     Judeo- Christian tradition
     Sacred oriental texts
     Other works of art
    Kinds of subject
     Portraiture
     Still life
     Plants & Animals
     Landscape
     Seascape
     Cityscapes
     Religious Items
     Events / History
     Mythology and Myth
     Dreams and Fantasies
     Cartoon characters
    Content
     Overall meaning or intention of the piece.
     It manifests the message of the artist with his work.
     Stating and delivering a message can involve the
    subject, techniques used, colors used.
    Levels of meaning
     Factual
     Conventional
     Subjective
     Iconography
    Levels of meaning
     Factual  Conventional
    - The most rudimentary level of  - pertains to the acknowledged
    meaning for it may be extracted from interpretation of the artwork
    the identifiable or recognizable forms using motifs, signs, and symbols
    in the artwork and understanding how
    and other cyphers as bases of
    these elements relate to one another
    its meaning.

     Subjective  Iconography
     - it pertains to the variety of  - It is the study of content of art
    meanings that can arise when a such as the depicted subjects,
    work of art was read. particularly its composition and
    elements that are distinct from
    artistic styles.
    Michelangelo Buonarroti: The Creation of Adams
    (1512)
    Jan van Eyck:  The
    Arnolfini Portrait (1434)

    The iconography in this work


    has historically been the
    subject of debate due to its
    many signifiers. Some scholars
    have theorized that the painting
    was actually a marriage
    contract due to the writing on
    the wall in the background.

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