Things that people make
•Buildings, boats or bridges and many other man-made objects are popular subject matter for artists.
•Man-made objects such as buildings, bridges or boats can be part of a landscape work of art or they can be the subject itself. Look at the following works to see how artists have tackled this subject in their art; Claude Monet’s Houses of Parliament, London, c. 1904, Grace Cossington Smith’s The Bridge in-Curve, c. 1930, Maurice de Vlaminck’s, Pont de Londres, 1911 and Andre Derain’s The Pool of London, 1906.
•Interior scenes that include man-made objects are also another common theme for artists. They can be admired for their simplicity or their mechanical or technical achievements. Look at Italian artist Giorgio Morandi still lifes to appreciate the simplicity of man-made objects and Vincent van Gogh’s, Vincent's Chair with his Pipe, 1888 to see some examples.
•Other things that people make and that have been represented in art can be seen in; Natalia Goncharova’s, Cyclist, 1913, The Builders, 1950 by Fernand Leger and Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel, 1913.
•Man-made objects can be represented in realistic or abstract forms. Vincent van Gogh’s A Pair of Shoes, 1887 and Rene Magritte’s The Treachery of Images, 1928-9 and Pablo Picassso’s Guitar, 1913 and Juan Gris’ Glasses, Newspaper and a Bottle of Wine, 1913 are examples of different representions of man-made objects as subject matter
Can you recognise any of these things that people make? CLICK on the images below to find out more!
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