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A '''Genre''' is a well defined type or category of [[music]], [[art]], or writing.
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[[File:Aivazovsky The Ninth Wave.jpg|thumb|The Ninth Wave by [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], 1850. '''Seascape''']]
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A '''Genre''' is a well defined type or category of [[music]], [[art]], or writing; artworks often fit into two or more genres.
  
 
"Genre" also refers to a hierarchy of types of paintings instituted under the Academy system. "Genre Painting" is one of the types.  
 
"Genre" also refers to a hierarchy of types of paintings instituted under the Academy system. "Genre Painting" is one of the types.  
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* 2.- [[Portraits|Portraiture]] is the artistic representation of persons or sitters.
 
* 2.- [[Portraits|Portraiture]] is the artistic representation of persons or sitters.
 
* 3.- [[Genre Painting Gallery|Genre]] also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life.
 
* 3.- [[Genre Painting Gallery|Genre]] also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life.
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* 4.- [[Landscape]], a term in painting used for a representation of a natural scenery of land or sea,
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* 4.- [[Landscape]], a term in painting used for a representation of a natural scenery of land or sea ([[Gallery of Seascapes|Seascape]]), towns (Townscape) or cities (Cityscape).
 
* 5.- [[Still life]], inanimate painting of subjects like: flowers (bouquet), vases, jars, fruits, etc.
 
* 5.- [[Still life]], inanimate painting of subjects like: flowers (bouquet), vases, jars, fruits, etc.
  
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File:Repin Barge Haulers on the Volga 1870 - 1873.jpg|Barge Haulers on the Volga by [[Ilya Repin]], 1870-1873.  
 
File:Repin Barge Haulers on the Volga 1870 - 1873.jpg|Barge Haulers on the Volga by [[Ilya Repin]], 1870-1873.  
 
File:Frederic Edwin Church Cotopaxi 1855.jpg|[[Frederic Edwin Church]], Cotopaxi, 1855.
 
File:Frederic Edwin Church Cotopaxi 1855.jpg|[[Frederic Edwin Church]], Cotopaxi, 1855.
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File:William Merritt Chase Still Life - Flowers.jpg|William Merritt Chase, Still Life - Flowers.
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File:William Merritt Chase Still Life - Flowers.jpg|[[William Merritt Chase]], Still Life - Flowers.
 
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[[File:Ambrosius Bosschaert Flower Still Life 1614.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Ambrosius Bosschaert, Still-Life of Flowers, 1614.]]
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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[[File:Cole Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Cole]], '''Landscape''' Scene from the Last of the Mohicans, 1827.]]
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*[[Painting]]
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*[[Painting Galleries]]
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*[[World famous paintings]]
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*[[History of painting]]
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*[[World Painting]]
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*[[Genre Painting Gallery]]
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*[[Maritime Painting Gallery]]
  
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[[File:Moran A View of Venice 1895.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Moran]], A View of Venice, 1895, '''Cityscape'''.]]
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[[File:Hassam Winter in Union Square 1892.jpg|thumb|[[Childe Hassam]], Winter in Union Square, 1892. '''Cityscape''']]
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[[File:Bierstadt Seal Rock California 1872 PDWC.jpg|thumb|center|400px|[[Albert Bierstadt]], Seal Rock, California, 1872. '''Seascape''']]
  
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[[File:Monet, The Boardwalk on the Beach at Trouville, 1870.jpg|thumb|[[Claude Monet]], The Boardwalk on the Beach at Trouville, 1870, '''Cityscape'''.]]
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*[http://arthistory.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/g_genre.htm Genre.] By Shelley Esaak.
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*[http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/g/genre.html Genre and genres.]
  
  
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[[File:Pissarro The Hermaitage at Pontoise.jpg|thumb|left|Les côteaux de l'Hermitage, Pontoise by [[Camille Pissarro]], ca. 1867. '''Townscape''']]
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[[File:Alfred Sisley Thames at Hampton Court 1874.jpg|thumb|center|390px|[[Alfred Sisley]], Thames at Hampton Court, 1874. ''' Landscape''']]
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 03:55, October 20, 2023

The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850. Seascape

A Genre is a well defined type or category of music, art, or writing; artworks often fit into two or more genres.

"Genre" also refers to a hierarchy of types of paintings instituted under the Academy system. "Genre Painting" is one of the types.

Back in the heyday of the Academy system, artists used to have an official list detailing which types of paintings were more important than others. [1]

Hierarchy of the genres in painting according to European academies of fine art.

  • 1.- Historical Painting was ranked number one in the old academic tradition; represents significant events of history, religion or literature.
  • 2.- Portraiture is the artistic representation of persons or sitters.
  • 3.- Genre also called genre scene or petit genre, depicts aspects of everyday life.
  • 4.- Landscape, a term in painting used for a representation of a natural scenery of land or sea (Seascape), towns (Townscape) or cities (Cityscape).
  • 5.- Still life, inanimate painting of subjects like: flowers (bouquet), vases, jars, fruits, etc.



Ambrosius Bosschaert, Still-Life of Flowers, 1614.


See also

 
Thomas Cole, Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans, 1827.


 
Thomas Moran, A View of Venice, 1895, Cityscape.
 
Childe Hassam, Winter in Union Square, 1892. Cityscape
 
Albert Bierstadt, Seal Rock, California, 1872. Seascape

External links

 
Claude Monet, The Boardwalk on the Beach at Trouville, 1870, Cityscape.


 
Les côteaux de l'Hermitage, Pontoise by Camille Pissarro, ca. 1867. Townscape
 
Alfred Sisley, Thames at Hampton Court, 1874. Landscape


MAKING ART WITH ART

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