1. Methods and Approaches in
Presenting Art Subjects

2. Symbolism
The Caress by Fernand Khnopff

3. Realism
 The attempt to portray subjects as it is.
 It depicts reality objectively, accurately and honestly.
 True to life depiction or the faithful representation of
reality
 It focuses on the daily life of people.

4. REALISM
Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet (1854) by Gustave Courbet

5. Young Girl Reading (1868) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

6. The Salmon Fisher (1889) by Eilif Peterssen

7. Abstraction
 Abstract means “to move away” or “to separate”
 It represents the subject by moving away from it.
 Artists represent subjects how they interpret or feel
about it.
 By way of distortion, elongation, mangling
 Cubism

8. Abstraction
The Yellow Curtain (1915) by
Henri Matisse

10. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) by Pablo Picasso

15. Impressionism
 It uses relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes
 It gives emphasis on the accurate depiction of light in
its changing qualities

16. Impressionism

20. Fauvism
 It is a spontaneous, often subjective response to
nature expressed in bold, undisguised brushstrokes
and high-keyed, vibrant colors

21. Fauvism
Portrait of Madame Matisse by Henri
Matisse

25. Dadaism
 anti-war
 radical left
 anti-bourgeois
 It is very playful and highly experimental

26. Dadaism

32. Futurism
 The depiction of the mechanical energy of societies
 Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution,
and cities

33. Futurism

36. Surrealism
 Super realism
 The depiction of the magical world
 It aims to reveal the subconscious mind and
fantasies of people.

37. Surrealism

41. Expressionism
 It presents the world by distorting it for emotional
effects in order to evoke moods or ideas.

42. Expressionism

48. Pointilism
 A technique in which small, distinct dots of colors
are applied in patterns to form an image.

49. Pointilism

53. Op Art
 It makes use of movement, hidden images, flashing
and vibration, patterns, or alternatively, of swelling
or warping

54. Op Art