In the hierarchy of genres set up by the Academy, the most important genres are history painting, portraiture and genre painting. Still life and landscape art were considered less important, and still life is on the fifth, while landscape is on the fourth place. Even so, some of the most beautiful paintings ever painted emerged here, for example, Van Gogh's Sunflowers or his extraordinary landscapes made in different techniques.
Still life painting became popular in sixteenth century. Artists paint inanimate objects, natural or manufactured, anything that doesn't move or is dead, as it is explained in Tate museum Glossary. Natural objects usually include food, drinks, flowers and similar things. Manufactured objects painted on these pictures are often bottles, vases and books.
Early works often involved symbolism, especially when it comes to flowers. Lilies were often featured, as a symbol of purity. Later on, some other artists enjoyed painting something simply because these objects were interesting for their shape or their color, or maybe texture. Cezanne was one of them, and he made some really lovely pieces.
Caravaggio's basket of fruits is considered to be the first Western art major work presenting still life, at least the first recognized one. In the 1600s, some authors in Netherlands became more interested in this genre. Floral motif is quite common at the time, symbolic or not. Amazed by the beauty of flowers, numerous painters decided to immortalize this beauty.
Breakfast and banquet motifs are very popular as well. Other popular themes are games and vanities. All pictures have one thing in common. The background is in dark, gray tones, tan colored, in one word, neutral. Main motif is usually bright colored, and there are some elements in gold and silver. Skulls, watches and similar objects are there to remind us of our mortality.
Landscape paintings usually depict mountains, rivers, sea, sky and grass, in one word, nature. Some pictures are really realistic, and some present idealized world. Impressionists often chose this genre, and there are numerous beautiful masterpieces you can see in museums. The most popular technique is oil, but numerous authors use water colors or pastels, or mixed media.
Landscape officially became an independent genre in the 1600s. In this early period only a few authors were interested in painting landscapes. The situation will soon be changed, and this genre is popular today as well. Modern landscapes feature industrial buildings, roads and similar things.
Landscape had more important role in China, of course. In Western art, it was merely used as a background. Dutch and Flemish schools made a great difference in the seventeenth century in Europe. Some prominent artists, for example Vermeer, gave it more important role and it became finally respected and accepted as independent genre, as well as popular.
Nineteenth century gave birth to some of the most beautiful examples of landscape art. Mostly made in England and France, by artists such as Constable, Turner, Camille Pissarro and Renoir, these pictures can really take your breath away. Human figures can be presented in the background, but if they have no importance at all, the picture is still considered as landscape.
Still life painting became popular in sixteenth century. Artists paint inanimate objects, natural or manufactured, anything that doesn't move or is dead, as it is explained in Tate museum Glossary. Natural objects usually include food, drinks, flowers and similar things. Manufactured objects painted on these pictures are often bottles, vases and books.
Early works often involved symbolism, especially when it comes to flowers. Lilies were often featured, as a symbol of purity. Later on, some other artists enjoyed painting something simply because these objects were interesting for their shape or their color, or maybe texture. Cezanne was one of them, and he made some really lovely pieces.
Caravaggio's basket of fruits is considered to be the first Western art major work presenting still life, at least the first recognized one. In the 1600s, some authors in Netherlands became more interested in this genre. Floral motif is quite common at the time, symbolic or not. Amazed by the beauty of flowers, numerous painters decided to immortalize this beauty.
Breakfast and banquet motifs are very popular as well. Other popular themes are games and vanities. All pictures have one thing in common. The background is in dark, gray tones, tan colored, in one word, neutral. Main motif is usually bright colored, and there are some elements in gold and silver. Skulls, watches and similar objects are there to remind us of our mortality.
Landscape paintings usually depict mountains, rivers, sea, sky and grass, in one word, nature. Some pictures are really realistic, and some present idealized world. Impressionists often chose this genre, and there are numerous beautiful masterpieces you can see in museums. The most popular technique is oil, but numerous authors use water colors or pastels, or mixed media.
Landscape officially became an independent genre in the 1600s. In this early period only a few authors were interested in painting landscapes. The situation will soon be changed, and this genre is popular today as well. Modern landscapes feature industrial buildings, roads and similar things.
Landscape had more important role in China, of course. In Western art, it was merely used as a background. Dutch and Flemish schools made a great difference in the seventeenth century in Europe. Some prominent artists, for example Vermeer, gave it more important role and it became finally respected and accepted as independent genre, as well as popular.
Nineteenth century gave birth to some of the most beautiful examples of landscape art. Mostly made in England and France, by artists such as Constable, Turner, Camille Pissarro and Renoir, these pictures can really take your breath away. Human figures can be presented in the background, but if they have no importance at all, the picture is still considered as landscape.
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