Discipline of Arts

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Introductio
Art styles describe the way the artwork looks. Style is basically the manner in which the
n his or her subject matter and how the artist expresses his or her vision. Style is
artist portrays
determined by the characteristics that describe the artwork, such as the way the artist employs
form, color, and composition, to name just a few. Another important factor in determining the
style of an artwork is to examine the way the artist handles the medium, taking into account the
method or technique that the artist uses. An additional aspect of art styles is the philosophy or
driving force behind the artwork. All of these stylistic elements are defined by the choices artists
make as they compose their artwork.
Artworks that have certain features in common are considered to have the same style.
Sometimes this means that they are part of the same movement, but not always. The concept of
"movements" in art is usually linked to a specific time (and sometimes place) in history. For
instance, there are painters today who still paint in an Impressionistic manner, embracing the
concepts that first defined Impressionism in the 19th century. However, because they are
contemporary artists who are inspired by the Impressionists, they are not really part of the
original "Impressionist movement" as it exists in historical terms. Although art styles can be
resurrected from the past, the movement itself is still anchored in its original position on the art
history timeline.
Within all this, each artist has his or her own personal art style, which is developed
throughout his or her lifetime. An artist's style can change and adapt as the artist grows as both
an artist and as a person. Beginning artists often emulate (copy) the styles of artists that they
admire. At first this can be beneficial in order to get one's feet wet and will help develop an
understanding of how to create different types of art. However, it is very important that
beginning artists focus on developing their own style, and find their own unique way of
expression. An artist's personal style usually progresses as the artist gains more confidence
through experience, expands their database of knowledge, and acquires more skill with the
materials.

Learning
Outcomes
 Understand and explain the styles of arts
 Discuss the different art styles
 Create example of an art styles.
 Examine a particular art.

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 Preliminary
Activities
1. Based on your personal experience on art, let us carefully examine and analyze the
following images. What can you say, are they products of art? What kind of art?

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2. Based on the pictures about, name each paintings and classify each art style.
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Learning
Content
Style/Form

 Concept of Style is an important one in art, yet can be very confusing – the word style
has so many meanings.

In art, when we talk about Style we can be referring to:

 Art of a particular historical time period (Medieval)

 Art of a particular nation (Italian Renaissance)

 A particular group of artists (the Pre-Raphaelites)

 The manner of an individual artist (Rubenesque, Titianesque, Warholesque,

Muchaesque)

 A technical or artistic approach (Pointillism, Photorealism, abstract, realistic etc…)

Style:

The arrangement of a variety of objects into a group of categories that make them easier
to recognize, understand and talk about. Makes further analysis and study possible.

Stylistic change

5 reasons to study Artistic Styles:

1) To acquire useful categories for thinking about the common traits of artworks, produced
at various times and places.
2) To understand the artists, periods, countries, cultures and regions in whose art a
particular style frequently appears.
3) To compare and/or judge works of art that seem related by a look, or feeling, or subject
matter.
4) To understand the connections between an artist’s creative approach and our reactions
to their work.
5) To get special information, the inside scoop about social changes.

Four Broad Categories of Style

1) The Style Of Objective Accuracy – Realism.

2) The Style Of Formal Order – a preference for Stability.
3) The Style of Emotion – the expression of Feelings.

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 4) The Style of Fantasy – invention of new Forms.

The Styles About The Styles The Artists The Art

Abstract artists felt that
paintings did not have to show
only things that were
recognizable. In their
paintings, they did not try to
show people, animals or
places exactly as they
appeared in the real world. Sonia Delaunay
Abstract
They mainly used color and Jackson Pollock
shape in their paintings to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Delaunay

show emotions. Some Abstract

art is also called non-objective
art. In non-objective art, you do
not see specific objects. It is
not painted to look like
something specific.
Cubism is modern art made up
mostly of paintings. The
paintings are not supposed to
look real. The artist uses
geometric shapes to show Pablo Picasso
what he is trying to paint. Early
Cubism cubists used mainly grays, Marc Chagall
browns, greens, and yellows.
After 1914, Cubists started to Georges Braque
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use brighter colors. Cubism

was the beginning of the
Abstract and nonobjective art
styles.
In Expressionist Art, the artist
tries to express certain feelings
about some thing. The artists
Marc Chagall
that painted in this style were
Wassily
Expressionism more concerned with having
Kandinsky
their paintings express a
Ludwig Kirchner
feeling than in making the
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they were painting. marc/

Fauvism was an art style that

lasted only four years,
beginning in 1905. the leader
of this movement was Henri
Henri Matisse
Fauvism Matisse. The word Fauvism is
French for “wild beasts.” it got
this name because the https://davidcharlesfox.com/henri-matisse-father-of-

paintings had bright and fauvism/

unusual colors. The subjects in

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 the paintings were shown in a
simple way, and the colors and
patterns were bright and wild.
Impressionism was developed
in France during the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.
These pieces of art were
painted as if someone just took
Claude Monet
a quick look at the subject of
Mary Cassatt
the painting. The paintings
Impressionism Pierre Auguste
were usually in bold colors and
Renoir Camille
did not have a lot of detail. The
Pissaro
paintings in this style were https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/7508351875
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usually outdoor scenes like
landscapes. The pictures were
painted to look like they were
shimmering
In pointillism, The artist uses
small dots or strokes of paint
to make up the pictures. From
far away, these dots blend Paul Seurat Paul
Pointillism
together to form the picture Signac
and give the impression of
different colors as they bland pinterest.ph/pin/493496071641869565/

together.

Pop art can be any every day

item that is drawn in a brash Andy Warhol Roy
and colorful way. Pop Art is Lichtenstein
Pop Art short for Popular Art. It is Claes Oldenberg
inspired by comic strips, David
advertising, and popular HockneyPo
entertainment.
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Postimpressionism began in Vincent Van

the 19th century. It was mainly Gogh Henri do
Postimpressionism still lifes and landscapes. The Toulouse-Lautrec
postimpressionists liked to use Paul Gauguin https://www.britannica.com/art/Post-
Impressionism
lots of colors and shadows. Paul Cezanne

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 Primitive Art looks like art that
is done by a child. Usually the
Paul Klee Henri
Primitivism picture is painted very simply,
Matisse
and the subjects are “flat”, or
two dimensional. http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-
of-art/primitivism.htm

Realism is a type of art that

Henri de
shows things exactly as they
Toulouse-Lautrec
appear in in life. It began in the
Leonardo Da
18th century, but the greatest
Vinci
Realist era was in the mid-19th
Realism Gustave Courbet
century. Most Realists were
Honore Daumier
from France, but there were
Thomas Eakins
some famous American
John Singleton
painters who were Realists
Cople https://www.britannica.com/list/10-
also. famous-artworks-by-leonardo-da-vinci

Surrealists paintings were

generally based on dreams.
Their paintings were filled with
familiar objects which were
painted to look strange or
Salvador Dali
mysterious. They hoped their
Henri Rousseau
Surrealism odd paintings would make
Max Ernst Rene
people look at things in a
Magritte
different way and change the
way they felt about things.
They thought that their
paintings might stir up feeling https://www.kazoart.com/blog/en/salvado
in the back of people's minds. r-dali-and-surrealism/

Learning Task
Creating Your Own Impressionist Artwork: Impasto
One of the most distinctive painting techniques used by impressionist artists was
impasto. Impasto is the very heavy application of paint to the canvas—often with a spatula or
knife instead of a paintbrush, and sometimes even directly squeezed from the tube.
Materials:
1) ¼ illustration board or chipboard
2) Tubes of acrylic paints (can be shared among the class members)
3) Paintbrushes
4) Wooden popsicle sticks

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 5) Pencil
6) Rags for clean up

Procedure:
1) Decide on a simple design for your artwork. Keep in mind what colors of paints
are available to you.
2) Using a pencil, sketch in the general design on the illustration board or chipboard.
3) Apply the paints to your design with the brush, then more thickly with the popsicle
sticks and, in certain spots, squeeze the paint directly from the tube.
4) Allow the paint to dry thoroughly before handling or displaying the finished
artwork.

Learning
Assessment
1) Explain the difference between expressionism and abstractionism.
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2) How did the cubists give a sense of dynamism and energy to their works?
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3) Is there a value in learning about art movements like impressionism that arose
over a century ago, halfway around the world from us? Why or why not?
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4) Would you want to own an artwork in the impressionist style? Why or why not?
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5) From where did pop art draw its subjects?

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