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Wednesday, 16 July 2014

All About Figurative And Genre Art

By Coleen Torres


Usually, basic artworks like painting and sculpting would actually be split into two kinds namely the figurative and the abstract. Also known as figurative and genre art, this kind is the kind that would depict real objects from real life in a rather accurate manner. Unlike abstract, this type would actually take shape and would actually depict something from real life.

Now though this type of artwork actually depicts things that would come from real life, it would never become an exact replica. What artists would want to do here is to simply try to create what he thinks that object looks like but in a very clear manner. In short, it would be a replica with some twists from the artist.

Of course if one is interested in this type of category, he will notice that other artists in that field will use people and animals as their subjects. These two subjects are actually the most commonly used by the artists in this category. However, many artists would actually use other things for subjects as well such as scenery.

Now just to have a brief history on this type of art, the first of this kind was actually discovered in Southern Germany. It was actually a statue of a woman and was dated back to thirty five thousand years ago. Now when it comes to painting, the first one came from a small part of France and would show animals like cows or other types of domesticated creatures. This is a cave painting that dates back sixteen thousand years ago.

Of course if one would want to create artworks like these, then he would have to observe certain elements. Now as stated above, one does not have to make an exact copy of the subject but a very similar replica. So in order to make a good piece of work, one would have to observe the lining, the shapes, the colors, and of course the angles.

Now if one is an artist, he has to make sure that he really pays attention to the detailing because this is very important in this category. Even though a lot of people would say that they do not notice the small details like the little lines, these details actually make a lot of difference. It is for this reason that one would really need to have a quick eye to see the small things.

Now the Greeks would often make exact copies of their subjects down to the very last detail. This would be in contrast to the Egyptian style of doing things which would entail a good memory and a pair of artistic hands. Of course nowadays, these two concepts have fused to create a hybrid style of doing art that people are very familiar with nowadays.

So from the Greeks to the Egyptians even up until the Renaissance artists, this category of art really grew. Of course other sub branches stemmed out because of this like surrealism and others. Up until today this type of art is still very much evolving as artists have created more techniques and methods to do their work.




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