1. STYLES

2. Style
IN LIFE: “Consistent, recognizable, and noteworthy manner of expression or way of behaving” (Artforms, p. 11)
IN ART: “Consistent and characteristic handling of media, elements of form, and principles of design that make a work of art identifiable as the product of a particular person, group, historic period or place” (Artforms, p. 110)
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3. Style Culture or geography Periods of time Groups of association
Personal style
Combinations of the above
Truth to nature
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4. Style Representational (Objective; realistic) Abstract
Nonrepresentational (nonobjective)
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5. (realistic, objective) (parts abstracted from original)
Representational
(realistic, objective)
Abstract
(parts abstracted from original)
Nonrepresentational
(nonobjective)

6. Auguste Rodin. The Kiss. 1886. Marble. 5’11”

7. “The Kiss” by Rodin What kind of kiss? How much information?
Interpretation?
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8. Constantin Brancusi. The Kiss. 1912. Limestone. 23” H

9. “The Kiss” by Brancusi What kind of kiss? How much information?
Interpretation?
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10. Whistler. Nocturne in Black & Gold. Oil. 1874

11. Whistler’s “Nocturne”
What kind of kiss?
How much information?
Interpretation?
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12. Representational
Represents real event or persons
Supplies much information
Less open to interpretation

13. Abstract
Suggests a generalized event or person
Supplies little information
More open to interpretation

14. Nonobjective
No suggestion of persons or events
Supplies no information about the “real” world
Subject is usually shapes, forms, color
Most open to interpretation

18. Red Tree. Piet Mondrian. 1908
The Gray Tree. Mondrian. 1912
Flowering Apple Trees. Mondrian. 1912

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20. Style When is a representational style most appropriate?
When is an abstract style most appropriate?
When is a nonobjective style most appropriate?
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