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Looking at Art Subject: What is represented in a work of art.
What a work of art is about.
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Subject Categories Landscape (cityscape, seascape…) Portrait
Still life Narrative/Genre Fantasy Abstraction Non-objective
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Landscape A painting or drawing in which natural land scenery, such as mountains, trees, rivers or lakes, is the main feature.
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An image of a person, especially the face and upper body.
Portrait An image of a person, especially the face and upper body.
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Still life A painting or drawing of inanimate (non-moving) objects.
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Works of art that seem to tell a story. They can be historical.
Narrative Works of art that seem to tell a story. They can be historical.
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Genre These works also have a narrative quality. Genre is defined as a realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.
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Fantasy Art that depicts images or objects in unreal or unexpected situations or settings.
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Abstraction Art that simplifies objects or ideas to their most basic elements in order to emphasize the elements at the subject matter.
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Non-objective Art that is not representational, containing no recognizable figures or objects
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Picture plane The surface of a painting or drawing. The 3 areas of the picture plane are the foreground, middleground and background.
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