Friday, July 18, 2014

Some Information About Figurative And Genre Art

By Coleen Torres


In art, there are two main types of artworks that could be done namely figurativism and abstractism. In a nutshell, figurative and genre art is known as representational art that would emulate real life objects, places or people. As compared to abstract artwork which has no real representation and would usually have a vague meaning.

Now although this type of artwork would represent real objects in life, it is not an exact copy of the real thing. It is actually an interpretation of what the artist would see when he looks at that certain object. It is because of this that a lot of figurative paintings or sculptures would have some twists added to that.

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.

Notice that if one would want to create artworks that are in this category, he would have to pay close attention to the details. Do take note that paintings and sculptures in this category are very detailed and would often contain a lot of things that usually will not be noticed by people. The details would actually be the ones that would make the depiction more realistic.

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 as one can see, it takes more than just some creativity in order to create a masterpiece in this category. Now this type of art has a very rich background which stemmed from the Greeks to the Egyptians even up to the artists of the Renaissance period. Even up until now this type of artwork is still growing and evolving.




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