Representational Art

• A work of Art that represents an object or subject.

• For example, any work of art that you can “tell what it is.”

Examples of Representational Art:

• Portraiture

• Still Life

• Landscape

• Anything recognizable can be considered a Representational piece of Art.

Non-Representational

• A work of art that does not represent any recognizable subject matter.

Non-objective

• A piece of art that does not mean to portray any recognizable object.

Abstract Art

• Taking recognizable subject matter and ABSTRACTING it to the point of it being no longer recognizable

Piet Mondrian

Knowing the difference

• Just remember, if you can tell what it is, the artwork is Representational.

If it doesn’t look like anything…

• It’s Non-Representational, also referred to as Non-Objective.

• If you do a drawing and don’t mean it to look like a certain object, it’s Non-Representational.

If it started out as something…

• … but ended up looking way different, it’s ABSTRACT Art.

• When you take an actual object and abstract it so it’s not recognizable, you create Abstract Art.