Classifying Artwork :: Realistic Abstract Non Objective

Classifying Artwork :: RealisticAbstract

Non Objective

Realistic Artwork• the depiction of an object as it appears to the eye. • art that attempts to accurately depict its subject so

that it is recognizable to the viewer.

Title: The Creation of Adam, c.1510 (detail)Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Title: Flaming June, c.1895Artist: Frederick Leighton

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&CID=F5DFE39C7A704B2DA450456CA8F06366&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=26672

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getthumb.asp&CID=F5DFE39C7A704B2DA450456CA8F06366&sortby=&c=c&page=1&Search=78885

Abstract Artwork• the distorting of an object's natural appearance

without losing all it's recognizable features

Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2),1912. Oil on canvas

Title: From the Lake IArtist: Georgia O'keeffe

http://www.allposters.com/-st/Georgia-O-keeffe-Posters_c27073_.htm

Non Objective Artwork• the depiction of no recognizable or identifiable

objects; however, the final product may be derived from a real object

On White, 1923, Kandinsky

Title: Violet, Green and Red, 1951Artist: Mark Rothko

http://www.allposters.com/-st/Mark-Rothko-Posters_c27892_.htm

Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective







Your assignment:

• Choose a COLOR image (can be from magazine, internet, personal photo)

• 1 - portray realistically• 2 - show the image in an abstract manner• 3 - convert the image to a non-objective artwork• Display all 3 together in a triptych

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Classifying Artwork :: Realistic Abstract Non Objective