1. Looking at Art in a New Way
Non-Objective Art
Looking at Art in a New Way
FOLD A MINI BOOK
Cover: CREATIVE title and design
Page 1. Non-objective art is
Page 2. Three non-objective artists
Pages 3-5 What makes each artist different (explain characteristics of their artwork)
Page 6. Emphasis is…
Page 7. You can show emphasis through these five ways: AND your first and last name

2. Q. Which Piece is Non-Objective Art?

3. A. All of them. What is non-objective art? Is it Abstract Art?
Oceanic Tendencies
by Shawn McNulty

4. What is Non-Objective Art?
Art that is not representational, containing no recognized figures or objects.
Art whose subject matter does not resemble an object.
Non-objective art ranges between Abstract Expressionist artists to Minimalists or Op-artists.

5. Is it Abstract Art?
A work of art created to NOT represent anything realistic is called Non-objective.
A non-objective work is not only abstract, it is made up of some of the Elements of Art without giving any importance to the subject.
Abstract art is using a realistic object and transforming its appearance.

6. Who are the non-objective artists?
Wassily Kandinsky
Piet Mondrian
Jackson Pollock

7. Wassily Kandinsky
As one of the first explorers of the principles of nonrepresentational or “pure” abstraction
Created the first totally abstract work in modern art
Composition VI

8. Wassily Kandinsky Theorist and Teacher
Became more geometric later in his career
Review: what is “geometric?”
Composition VIII
Composition IX

9. Broadway Boogie Woogie
Piet Mondrian
Abstract Style based on form and color.
Horizontal and Vertical lines forming rectangles
Broadway Boogie Woogie

10. Composition with Color Areas
Piet Mondrian
Cubist Influence
Jazz Rhythms
Founded the De Stijl
Composition with Color Areas

11. Piet Mondrian
Composition A: Composition with Black, Red, Gray, Yellow and Blue 192
Composition No. II Blanc Juane

12. Jackson Pollock 1912-1957 Surrealism Influence Picasso Influence
Untitled
Convergence

13. Jackson Pollock Developed own technique Large Scale
Spontaneous and energetic

14. Jackson Pollock Blue Poles: Number II Full Fathom Five
Shimmer Substance

15. to accent the appearance, to underline, to put in bold, make something more significant or important.
Creating a focal point

16. Emphasis Principle of design “Center of Interest” Focal Point
Dominance and Influence
Contrast, Isolation, Location, Convergence and Unusualness

17. To show emphasis change…
Size
Shape
Contrast
Color
Weight (isolation)

18. Project Guidelines Create a non-objective piece of art
Remember to paint thinking about emphasis
Use one color theme (ex. Primary, secondary, warm, cool, monochromatic)
Cut into pieces of different widths
Reassemble to show emphasis on an specific area of the sculpture
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