Forms and Themes of Painting (PDF)

# FORMS and THEMES of PAINTING ## SIR RJ FELIAS ## PAINTING - refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface. ## FORMS - Forms can be created using a wide variety of materials such as watercolor, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel, and charcoal. - Surfaces for painting include wood, canvas,...

# FORMS and THEMES of PAINTING ## SIR RJ FELIAS ## PAINTING - refers to the process of applying color on a flat surface. ## FORMS - Forms can be created using a wide variety of materials such as watercolor, acrylic, ink, oil, pastel, and charcoal. - Surfaces for painting include wood, canvas, cardboard, and paper. ### Easel Painting - #1 - An artwork created on a portable support such as a panel or canvas instead of on the wall. **Images:** two easel paintings. One is a wooden easel with a blank canvas and the other has a painting of a landscape. **Example:** “Mona Lisa” - Oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-19; in the Louvre, Paris - [link to Mona Lisa web page] ### Murals - #2 - Defined as a work of art applied and made essential with the surface of a wall or ceiling. **Images:** - A black and white photograph of several tubes of paint and a brush with the word “EASEL PAINTING” behind it. - A modern day mural of two people kissing **Example:** “The Day of the Dead” - This mural painting displays one of the significant festivities of Mexico where families remember their loved ones as a part of the Mexican Muralist Movement, Rivera decided painting lifelike frescoes committed to his country’s celebrations and festivities. - [link to Diego Rivera web page] **Image:** a modern day mural of a woman, a bird and flowers. ### Telon Painting - #3 - Used as stage backdrops for komedya, Sarswela, and Sinakulo. **Images:** - A black and white photograph of several tubes of paint and a brush with the word “TELON PAINTING” behind it. - A telon painting of a person in a forest **Example: “The Wizard of Oz”** - Gibson is a scenic designer and painter who had a prestigious career in the motion picture industry. He also worked on painting backdrops on films such as Boys Town (1938) and An American in Paris (1951). **Image:** A photo of a performance using a telon backdrop. ### Jeepney and Calesa Painting - #4 - Form of painting that grew from kalesa painting. Almost all parts of the vehicle can be used as a medium for art, painting and decorations. **Example:** - “Sarao Jeepney Painting” - Nardo Dela Cruz - Designs of jeepneys vary every region. Painters used either sheet metal or stainless steel as body panel. Most jeepneys can be decorated with stickers or spray paint, with designs consisting of caricatures, illustrations or pictures inspired from popular culture, such as actors and actresses, cartoon, anime, comic, game, or movie characters, abstract designs and lines, religious icons and others. **Images:** - A photo of horse drawn carriage. - A photo of a jeepney **Image:** A photo of a man painting the side of a jeepney ### Collage Painting - #5 - A piece of art that incorporates a variety of materials. It often involves gluing things like paper, cloth, or found objects onto a canvas or board and incorporating that into a painting or composition. **Image:** a collage of a man, a mustache and other objects **Image:** Two collages – one of a woman, the other of a man. ## THEMES - Portraits - Nudes - Interiors - Landscapes - Historical - Genre - Religious - Still Life ### Portraits - A portrait is a representation of a particular person. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. **Images:** - The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci - The Girl with Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer ### Nude Painting - This type of painting that mainly focuses on the unclothed human figure. - It started in the preoccupation of Ancient Greek art and is still in enduring tradition of Western arts. - It is any image of the unclothed human body that defines its cultural context. **Image:** Sleeping Venus, by Giorgione. **Image:** Venus of Urbino, by Titian. **Image:** Sepia Nude Watercolor on paper, by Rafael Cusi. **Image:** Nude (1959) by Fernando Amorsolo. ### Interior Painting - It usually describes a careful, detailed representation of a living space and sometimes without the presence of people. - Rendered as watercolors. **Images:** - Persons in an Interior – Intimacy (1896) by Édouard Vuillard. - Bedroom in Arles (1888) by Vincent van Gogh ### Genre Painting - Genre painting depicts scenes in everyday life. - The subjects of this theme usually includes domestic settings, interior, mealtime, celebration, tavern or peasant scenes **Image:** The Merry Family (Het vrolijke huisgezin) (1668), by Jan Steen. **Image:** Girl with Jar (1953), by Fernando Amorsolo. ### Historical Painting - This theme of painting usually describes the time that is focused on the story than a specific subject.. - This genre includes the portrayal of subjects from religious narratives – as well as mythology. **Example:** The Death of Cleopatra (Juan Luna, 1881) **Image:** The Death of Cleopatra ### Landscapes - Landscape Painting is an artwork that portrays natural scenery or urban scenes. - It may include mountains, forests, bodies of water, clouds, skies, and may or may not include man-made structures as well as people. **Image:** The Starry Night (Vincent van Gogh, 1889) **Image:** The Great Wave (Katsushika Hokusai, 1829-1833). **Image:** Landscape (Fernando Amorsolo, 1938). **Image:** Puesta del Sol (Juan Luna, 1880’s). ### Religious Painting - Uses imagery inspired by religious motifs and is intended to give the admirer the feeling of being closer to God. - It also illustrates the ways of worship of its followers, thus keeping its traditions intact. Furthermore, it depicts the story of religion and its significant events and teachings such that the viewer would be able to grasp it better compared to written words. **Image:** Lamb of God (1432), by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. **Image:** The Creation of Adam (c. 1508-1512), by Michelangelo. ### Still Life - The painting theme that focuses on still objects where the subject is always from inanimate objects. - Common subjects are flower arrangements, table spreads, food, common objects from home and symbolic arrangements **Image:** Violin and Candlestick (Georges Braque, 1910) **Image:** Still Life with a Silver Jug (Willem Kalf, 1657) **Image:** Still Life of Tropical Fruits (Fernando Amorsolo, 1928) ### “Creativity has no limits because imagination has no boundaries.” -DrShradha Shukla