painting belongs to one of the oldest art forms.It originated even among prehistoric people on cave walls depicting scenes of hunting and totemic animals.Over time, of course, it appeared more and more subjects.But to distinguish between different genres of painting began relatively recently.It started in the 17th century.
traditionally are the following genres in art: portrait, landscape, still life, historical genre, genre, animals, fantastic paintings, religious paintings.
portrait suggests that the central object in the picture is the man.And, contrary to popular belief, it does not have to be a face image in the entire canvas.There are pictures in which the face is central to the side, or even those where people generally difficult to discern.But the main task of the portrait, in any case, is the image of individuality and character of the transfer.
Initially, when the scenery in the genres of painting, it was assumed that it must depict nature.In our time, this concept has become broader and now distinguished cityscape, industrial landscape, seascape (Marina), landscape sky and so on.But most artists still prefer to portray the classic expanses of fields, forests, meadows and lakes, claiming the beauty and majesty of the surrounding world.
Still life - a staged image composition of the elements of inanimate nature.Like the landscape, still life sometimes divided into sub-genres, depending on the subject matter, but, as a rule, is not accepted.
historical genre painting, as its name implies, shows the iconic scenes from the history of the coronation, the battle (battle genre), etc.or important figures.
The genre central place occupied by the random events of everyday life.Eating, meeting in the street, torn shirt - all of which can be the subject for a painting.
animal artist creates images of animals.And to the latter include representatives of absolutely all the wildlife from whales to bedbugs.They usually are portrayed naturally, without any metamorphosis.
Fantastic painting - this image of any supernatural beings or events.This genre also include fantasy and surrealism.Scenes fantastic painting can take place in the cosmos, the world of the future, alternate universes and other unnatural places.But the characters can be both ordinary people and fictional creatures.
to religious art include icons, frescoes and paintings of religious subjects.The most widespread was the genre in the Renaissance, when Europe dominated Christian ideology, inspiring artists such as Raphael, Botticelli, da Vinci.
Despite their diversity, all genres of painting serve one purpose - chanting beauty, external or internal, and demonstrate the artist's view of the world.After all, once a person takes up a brush, then he has something to tell people.And the genres of painting - a variety of languages, from which he can choose the most appropriate to express their thoughts.
