Thursday, 24 July 2014

Learn 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 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.

Now the two most common subjects that would be used for these types of artworks would of course be humans and animals. Although these two are the main subjects used, many painters or sculptors would also use scenery as the subjects or probably even objects. They would virtually use anything for their subjects and recreate them as a representation of their own views of these subjects.

Now just to give people an idea of how this category came into to place, here is a little history lesson. The very first piece of art was a thirty five thousand year old sculpture of a woman that came from a region in South Germany. It was made out of rock and was carved by the tusk of a mammoth. The second one were cave paintings which were found in France and they dated way back to 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.

Of course one has to be very meticulous with the details because it is actually the details that would make the end product. Although the small lines or small shadings may not seem very noticeable, they actually do make a lot of difference. It is for this reason that being detailed is one of the most important things in being an artist.

Now before this type of art reached the popularity that it has today, it first started out in ancient Greece wherein the Greeks believed that art is all about precision and accuracy in copying the subject. The Egyptians, on the other hand believed that it was more on remembering what the subject looked like in the mind then translating it in art form. Of course over time, these two methods were fused and artists would sometimes switch between them.

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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