1. Subject Matter in World Art
Third Year

2. What is the subject matter in art?
 Art is made by persons aided by art
materials, tools and skills and shaped by
their creativity and imagination.

3. EGYPTIAN
 Ancient Egyptian art
 (5000 B.C. – 1000 B.C)
 Religion greatly affected their lives.
 Building of pyramids was fueled by
religious fervor rather than architectural
purposes.

4. Art in Ancient Egypt consists:
 Paintings
 Hieroglyphs
 Sculptures
 Bowls
 Vases
 Pottery
 Ivory carvings
 weapons

7. Greek Art
1000 B.C to 800 B.C
 The subject matter consisted of daily
activities such as harvesting, weaving,
baking, playing sports and performing
religious processions.
 Perfected the art of making seals, gems,
and coins.
 Mastered the art of sculpture – human
figure depicted physical power, action and
grace.

10. Roman Arts
100 B.C. – 500 A.D
 Borrowed from Greek art not only their art forms,
but their gods and goddesses as well.
 Roman art forms were not religious like the
Egyptians but were guided by the political,
economic and social functions they served.
 They were interested in governance and politics
made evident in their architecture, sculpture,
engineering and law.

12. Medieval Art
500 – 1000 A.D
 Focus on the sole patron of the arts –the
church.
 Artworks were done in painting or mosaic.
 The subject matter and theme was
inspired by the life of Jesus Christ and the
contents of the Holy Scripture.

14. Renaissance Art
1400 - 1600
 Means rebirth
 Inspired by Greek artistic tradition but was
more wordly.
 Subject Matter was focused on the human
being.
 Art patrons had their portraits done.
 Focus on humanistic thought

15. School of Athens

16. Baroque Art
1600 - 1700
 From barroco means “a pearl of irregular
shape”
 Subject matter was landscapes, everyday
scenes, events and experiences.
 Purpose was a personal expression for
both the artists and the viewer.

17. Conversion of St. Paul on the road
to Damascus

18. Neoclassicism
1750 - 1800
 Expressed in the tradition of the Greek,
Roman and Renaissance combined.
 The royal court was the primary patron of
the arts.
 Subject Matter is nationalism and
patriotism.

19. The Oath of Horatii

20. Romanticism
1800 - 1900
 Era when the artists were always in
search for free expression and personal
feelings.
 The patrons were the public who generally
brought changes in the social status of
artists.
 They were no longer there to serve the
church or the royal court.

21. Liberty Leading the People

22. Realism
1840 - 1900
 Deal with issues of social injustice,
poverty, labor and morality.
 Art became a mirror of society, depicting
public sentiment in realistic forms.

23. The Third Class
1862

24. Impressionism
1860 -1900
 Avoided preaching and moralizing.
 It focused on the interplay between light
and color.

25. Sunrise
by: Claude Monet

26. Expressionism
1900 - 1945
 Paid attention to the expression of intense
feelings rather than to a description of the
real and visible world.
 The artistic style included distortion of
forms, bright mix colors and exaggerated
application of paint on the canvas.

27. Starry Night
by Van Gogh