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Chủ Nhật, 16 tháng 11, 2014

The Wonders Of Figurative And Genre Art

By Christa Jarvis


Art has existed for so many years in different countries with different cultures. It is something that has made our world more beautiful than its actual appearance. It has also inspired people to lead a fruitful life. It might be used as a profession or a hobby for some, but for all of us, it is a magical gift. It has always been in our senses for each of us is a masterpiece.

Its beginning is untraceable but co existed with the earliest human civilization. Even if modernization is absent in the past, it did not stop the creativity of our ancestors. It has continued to flourish along with a number of innovations and new ways of thinking. One of the most magnificent forms that are born out of our limitless imagination is the figurative and genre art. It is a form that used real life references like usual scenarios and humans.

Questions about its history and origin were raised since time immemorial. It started on the centuries ago and continues to inspire modern artists. It actually came from abstraction when artists started gaining a significant amount of respect from subjects in the real world. Some people consider it as a variation of abstraction, but there are others who believed that it is present even before abstract art exists.

Figuration begun to flourished on the nineteen thirties while the abstraction started on the seventies. Abstraction is synonymous to what is known as nonrepresentational art. Although it has its own representation, unlike figuration, it does not dwell on the real world. Abstract artists did not make use of physical and observable objects. They often view their canvas as a flat setting.

Abstraction is characterized by distortions and ideas. Figuration on the other hand represents live figures such as humans. It always attempts to depict a specific scene which is common in the society. It is also characterized by constant used of depth and shading.

One of the most well known proponents of figuration is Salvador Dali. He is known for the strange and striking images in his works. They always contain surprises and experimental mixtures that allowed him to play with dreams and realities.

The thirty two Campbell Soup Cans is his most notable painting. It is one of the artworks that ushered figuration in the United States. It is composed of the various canned soup produced by its company. The technique and style he utilized for the work made it a giant success.

His success did not end by painting cans. What made him as one of the best fine artist in the world is his contribution to the birth of the Pop Art. It is a movement that started from America and quickly spread on Britain in the nineteen fifties. It challenged what the old traditions of art by employing imagery that is usually kitschy and popular.

Today, artists of many schools begin experimenting on the genre. It is also used in different purposes such as showing the cultural value of the time where a work is made. It also influenced other forms of art such as photography.




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