Classifying Artwork ::
Realistic
Abstract
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
Abstract Artwork
• the distorting of an object's natural appearance
without losing all it's recognizable features
Title: From the Lake I
Artist: Georgia O'keeffe
Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2),1912. Oil o
canvas
Non Objective Artwork
• the depiction of no recognizable or identifiable
objects; however, the final product may be
derived from a real object
Title: Violet, Green and
Red, 1951
Artist: Mark Rothko
On White, 1923, Kandinsky
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Realistic - Abstract - Non Objective
Your assignment:
• Choose a COLOR image (can be from
magazine, internet, personal photo)
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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