Subject and Genre Theme
A mindmap breaking down the genres of art for the theme Subject and Genre.
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- Created on: 04-03-13 17:23
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- Subject and Genre
- History Painting
- The highest painting genre
- "Istoria" (Italian word) meaning narrative or story
- Leon Battista Alberti - along with a noble, exemplary deeds and struggles of moral figures.
- Normally saints or other Biblical figures, pagan divinities, mythological heroes, and those in historical events
- Typically involves several figures in action and emotionally engaged.
- Aims to elevate the morals of the whole community
- Ideally suited to decorate public places
- The genre is inspirational and educational, best portrayed on a larger-than-life canvas
- Portrait painting
- Can be a sculpture, painting, photograph or any other representationof a person
- The face is the main theme
- Could depict the person as head-and-shoulders, half-length or full-body
- Could be a traditional portrait of an individual, a group, or a self-portrait.
- The aim is to depict the character and the unique attributes of the subject
- The Old Masters of the Renaissance were exponents of portraiture
- These include; Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Jan van Eyck and Albert Durer
- Later ones include; Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt, Anthony Van Dyck, Velazquez and Thomas Gainsborough.
- Modern painters include; Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Lucien Freud
- Genre Painting
- Also called "genre scenes" or "genre views
- Depicts situations and scenes of everyday life
- Typically includes; domestic settings, interiors, mealtimes, celebrations, tavern or peasant scenes, markets and other street scenes.
- Presented in a non-idealized way
- The greatest were from the Dutch Realist School, lead by Jan Vermeer
- Landscape Painting
- Any painting or drawing whole "principal subject" is the portrayal of a scenic view
- Depicts real places or it may be an imaginary or idealized scene
- The greatest landscapes were executed in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century
- Most landscapes did not appears until after the 16th century (Italian Renaissance)
- Ranked very low on the academic hierarchy of the genres
- Still LIfe Painting
- An arrangement of objects
- Traditionally flowers or kitchen utensils
- It was much practised in the ancient world
- Favoured in the North of Europe
- Mainly in Holland and Flanders
- Due to the effects of the North European Reformation
- This led to the decline in religious painting among Protestant nations
- Contemporary still life may include objects such as beer cans to urinals
- An arrangement of objects
- History Painting
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