Style

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STYLES
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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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Style

• Culture or geography
• Periods of time
• Groups of association
• Personal style
• Combinations of the above
• Truth to nature

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Style

• Representational (Objective realistic)
• Abstract
• Nonrepresentational (nonobjective)

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Representational (realistic, objective)
Abstract (parts abstracted from original)
Nonrepresentational (nonobjective)
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Auguste Rodin. The Kiss. 1886. Marble. 511
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The Kiss by Rodin

• What kind of kiss?
• How much information?
• Interpretation?

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Constantin Brancusi. The Kiss. 1912. Limestone.
23 H
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The Kiss by Brancusi

• What kind of kiss?
• How much information?
• Interpretation?

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Whistler. Nocturne in Black Gold. Oil. 1874
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Whistlers Nocturne

• What kind of kiss?
• How much information?
• Interpretation?

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Representational

• Represents real event or persons
• Supplies much information
• Less open to interpretation

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Abstract

• Suggests a generalized event or person
• Supplies little information
• More open to interpretation

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Nonobjective

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

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Red Tree. Piet Mondrian. 1908
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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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