3 Types of Subject Matter

Art can show us many different things, what art is about is called subject matter. There are three types of subject matter: landscape, portrait, still life.

Landscape- shows land, nature, or an outside space

The Starry Night
Beach at Pourville, Sunset
wikipedia.com

Portrait- shows a person or group of people.

Artist- Toyin Ojih Odutola
http://www.nga.gov

Still life- shows objects that do not move. They are still.

Henri Fantin-Latour, Still Life, 1866
contemporaryfoodlab.com
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu
Artist: Janet Fish Diane’s Vase, 1998

What will your artwork be about: landscape, portrait, or still life?

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com
pinterest.com
The artist, en.wikipedia.org
http://www.acquavellagalleries.com/
http://bakerswifemadeit.blogspot.com/
I found her!

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