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Your 2D-design textbook* identifies three basic components to a work of art:
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"A subject is a person, a thing, or an idea… In abstract or semi-abstract works, the subject may be somewhat perceivable, but in non-objective works, the subject is the idea behind the form of the work, and it communicates only with those who can read the language of form… "(p.10)
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The term form is used in various ways when referring to art objects. Speaking of a piece of sculpture, one may refer to the individual forms that together make up the piece or one may speak of the sculpture's form, meaning its total appearance…" (p.12)
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The emotional or intellectual message of an artwork is its content, a statement expression, or mood read into the work by its observer… For many people content is confined to familiar associations, usually feelings aroused by known objects or ideas… "(p.12)
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Muybridge
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*Ocvirk, Otto G., Stinson, Robert E., et al. Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.
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