Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Basic Information On Figurative And Genre Art

By Deanne Shepard


The world abounds with all sorts of beautiful things. Some of them are just so obviously and strikingly beautiful that they are seen right away. There are also those that tend to hide their beauty, so it would take a trained eye to get past behind the commonplace things and see the hidden pulchritude from within. Indeed, different people have different views on beauty, and they have different preferences as a result.

Beauty can take in so many different forms. It can be in the face of a really beautiful woman, or on the simple happiness etched on the face of a little child. It can also be depicted in the panoramic views that nature provides. Flower gardens and even dense forests have a certain thing of beauty upon them. Sometimes, people also attempt to recreate something that they find beautiful, which is why they make sculptures, music, and figurative and genre art.

The primary reason why people engage in artistic endeavors is mainly to preserve beauty. But, while this is so, the reasons do not really stop there. There are many good things that being artistic can bring. Experts even have enough proof to believe that being creative can improve your health. It does not focus on one art form, but for all creative outlets.

For starters, the arts seem to fill in a large gap within you that you never even knew existed. When you have something to busy yourself with, you will have lesser time to think of anything else. Some cancer patients who are subjected to this experimentation even forgot about the pain brought about by chemotherapy just because they were so absorbed in the things they have been doing.

It also makes you feel good about yourself. Engaging in something beautiful will trigger the brain to release feel good chemicals that make you instantly feel better about everything. It allows you to get away from stress, reduces the negativity and increases the positivity. Becoming a master at a particular hobby makes it such a sweet achievement.

They also serve as good therapy. Patients with mental illness will benefit a lot from making them do artworks. This will provide an outlet for all the pent up emotions that they have been keeping inside for far too long. They can also use artworks as an avenue to share their stories and secrets that they have difficulties divulging out to others.

The arts and humanities encompass a very broad field. This allows one to choose a certain specialization with which he can focus on. More and more people are developing a certain interest upon figurative paintings. These are also called representational arts because they are used to represent real events.

Genre art is somewhat closer to the figurative one. Genre works are often representations, too, though they mainly focus on the activities of daily living. Common scenes often include market scenes, household scenarios, and even commonplace activities.

In direct contrast is the form of art that comes by the term abstract. It is a symbol of modernization and allows one to think about what the piece is really trying to say. This is indeed very different from the straightforward approach of the two forms aforementioned.




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