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File:Trumbull The death of general Warren at the battle of bunker hill.jpg|The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by [[John Trumbull]], 1786. '''Historical Painting'''. | File:Trumbull The death of general Warren at the battle of bunker hill.jpg|The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by [[John Trumbull]], 1786. '''Historical Painting'''. | ||
File:Monet.jpg|[[Claude Monet]] Reading by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1872. '''Portraiture''' | File:Monet.jpg|[[Claude Monet]] Reading by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1872. '''Portraiture''' | ||
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A Genre is a well defined type or category of music, art, or writing.
"Genre" also refers to a hierarchy of types of paintings instituted under the Academy system. Genre Painting is one of the types.
Hierarchy of the genres in painting according to European academies of fine art.
- 1.- Historical Painting
- 2.- Portraiture
- 3.- Genre also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life.
- 4.- Landscape
- 5.- Still life
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull, 1786. Historical Painting.
Claude Monet Reading by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1872. Portraiture
Diego Velázquez, Las Hilanderas 1657. Genre Painting
Niagara Falls from the American Side by Frederic Edwin Church, 1867. Landscape
Peonies by Emil Carlsen. Still life
