ART / Subjects & Themes

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Mithila folk art is considered a unique confluence of tradition, spirituality and nature. It is historically a traditional folk art of Mithila region of Bihar, also known as Madhubani Art. Initially this art was created on mud walls, along with the use of natural mediums like Bamboo (Brush), natural colours like Yellow (turmeric), Blue (Indigo), Red (Safflower) White (rice) etc. In which religious, cultural and symb…

Reference · Wikidata

theme or subject in a work of art

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a main topic, subject, or message within a narrative. Themes are ideas that are central to a story, which can often be summed in a single abstract noun or noun phrase. A theme may be exemplified by the actions, utterances, or thoughts of characters, as in the theme of loneliness in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, wherein many of the characters seem isolated and long for…

Image · Europeana

Book · DOAB

During the first half of the 20th century, artists all over Europe investigated religious art and tried to renew its forms of expression. In Switzerland, an artistic society known as the "Groupe de Saint-Luc" was particularly influential. This book examines the identity and positioning of this group, which developed in tension with major themes, from the relationship between the Church and artists to openness to mod…

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

This album includes a variety of themes--illustrations of folk-tales, genre subjects, paintings of plants and animals, and landscapes. Mounted accordian-style, the sketches progress from relatively mild subjects to the increasingly macabre, although even near the end of the sequence innocuous scenes are interspersed to vary the mood. Many of the individual compositions appear to be based directly on paintings or ske…