style, then, is revealed in from; an artist creates from by applying certain techniques to certain materials, in order to embody a particular vision or content. In different ages people have seen thing differently: the nude body as splendid, or the nude body as shameful ; Jesus as majestic ruler, or Jesus as the sufferer on the cross; landscape as pleasant, domesticated countryside, or landscape as wild nature. So the chosen subject matter is not only part of the content but is also part of that assemblage of distinguishing characteristic that contitutes a style.