Sources of art subjects

Answer 1

Sources of Art Subjects:

1. Nature-animals, people, landscapes. These 3 are the most common inspiration and subject matter for art.

2. History- artists are sensitive to the events taking place in the world around them. the dress, the houses, the manner of living, the thoughts of a period are necessarily reflected in the work of the artist.

3. Greek and Roman Mythology-these are the gods an goddess. its center is on deities and heroes

4. the judaeo christian tradition- religion and art, The Bible, the apocrypha, the rituals of the church

5. Oriental sacred texts-the countries of the orient, especially china, japan, and india, have all produced sacred texts of one kind or another, and these inspired various kinds of art. most fruitful have been the texts and traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.

6. Other works of Art- these are the subjects that can be found in those works that take their subject directly from other works of art.

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Answer 2

the artist has the freedom to choose the subject.this will depend,on how he feel & thinks about the environment he lives in!!