To register your work with the Copyright Office, you must submit an application, the appropriate filing fee, and a copy of the work to be registered. The general rule is that a separate application for registration should be submitted for each work together with the a separate filing fee and deposit copy.
We often identify a work by its subject: a landscape painting, a sculpture of a young woman, a lithograph of a cat. Form (or design), is the visual organization of the art work -how the artist has used line, shape, value, color, etc. Content is the impact or meaning of this work.
? Refers to the persons, objects , places, and events in a work of art. Content. ? The emotional or intellectual message of an artwork. ? The expression, essential meaning, significance, or aesthetic value of a work of art.
If we think about subject matter as being like the What in an artwork, in terms of what it is of or trying to portray, then content is the Why. Why has the artist specifically included these elements, and what are they trying to say, do, or make you feel by including them?
To register your work with the Copyright Office, you must submit an application, the appropriate filing fee, and a copy of the work to be registered. The general rule is that a separate application for registration should be submitted for each work together with the a separate filing fee and deposit copy.