Sunday, January 11, 2015

Understanding What Figurative And Genre Art Really Are

By Enid Hinton


One of the most noble thing to do is to create art. It is because you are trying to create something that is beautiful. It is one of the most celebrated fields today. According to experts, you can never put a value on something as valuable as the effort of a person. And that is why you will see that the prices of artworks will never be less.

When you try to create something and it is finished, it would fall into various categories. The classification would be done through determining the methods that it was used. There are also others that is classified through knowing the purpose of creating it. But most of the time, the artwork is determined by both these factors. Two of the best examples would be figurative and genre art.

People might think that just because it is considered an artwork, it belongs to the same branch. There is more to it than that. And surprisingly, it is what makes it unique and more beautiful. For example. Figurative artworks are the type of pieces where in the images are derived from a true event in the history. Usually it has something to do with a very iconic moment.

Genre arts on the other hand is something that is real as well. But it can also be something that is imagined by the artist. This is where the differences lie. There is no solid basis as to which falls under the two but the more you read, the more you will understand what differences both of them have.

One of the distinguishing element of a figurative portrait is the time being applied. You can see that it is derived from a specific era. This is one of the most important feature that distinguishes this from the other categories. It aims to show the type of culture that is present during that time.

Aside from the artistic values that it has, you also have to know that this type of method is used to showcase another concept that is totally different and sometimes far from the field of the arts. The best example for this would be the statues of the deities that are present in Greece. It is not only a means for people to see their gods and goddesses. It also boasts of perfect geometric symmetry.

The concepts where figurative and abstract arts were derived are the same. That is why people think that they are the same. But unlike figurative, you cannot easily see the image being depicted in abstract forms. There will be a need for you to observe it well before you can figure it out. The images are clearly defined when it is figurative.

Another branch of art would be genre types. The usual imagery that you can see are daily activities being performed. It tries to showcase the recent activities in the culture and time of today. So you can say that it aims to record what people are doing.

It does not only apply to the way of life of the people. You can also categorized marine life and the events happening in the surrounding as that of genre classification. That is why it is sometimes called as scene painting. The pieces were made available during the time when average people also have the opportunity to purchase arts.




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