What are the similarities and differences between realistic oil painting and realistic photography?

Realistic oil painting and realistic photography are often called "sister arts", and they have many similarities or similarities. They are all visual arts presented by images, concrete expressions of objective images in the form of pictures, and popular artistic expressions.

Similarities and differences between realistic oil painting and realistic photography

First, realistic oil painting.

Realistic oil painting was born in Europe in the15th century. Oil painting is a new painting material developed on the basis of western egg painting, which is mixed with vegetable oil. It coincided with the Renaissance. Many painting artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, etc., according to the characteristics of oil painting materials, use the scientific principles of sketching techniques, focus perspective, contrast between light and shade, and color relationship treatment to create realistic oil painting examples, that is, classical oil paintings, which restore the true face of objective things with rigorous and accurate modeling images.

Classical realistic oil painting has been the mainstream of western painting since it was founded in15th century, leading the development of western painting art. Until the middle of19th century, with the invention and application of photography technology, as well as the emergence of impressionism and abstract oil painting, the situation that realistic oil painting "dominates the world" in western painting circles was broken.

Second, realistic photography.

Realistic photography came into being in the middle of19th century. 19 In the 1930s, under the impetus of the spring tide in industrial revolution in europe and inspired by realistic oil paintings, photography technology was invented and quickly applied. From the very beginning, photography technology borrowed from the application principles of composition, light and shade and color relationship in realistic oil painting, forming a situation that realistic photography is realistic photography, and was later identified as an independent visual art alongside painting art, belonging to the art category.

The emergence of realistic photography has had a great influence on realistic oil paintings with hundreds of years of history, and at the same time, it has also prompted major changes in western painting, with the emergence of impressionist oil paintings and abstract oil paintings. At the same time, realistic oil painting developed ultra-realistic oil painting, that is, photographic realistic oil painting, by using modern scientific and technological means of photography technology for reference in the 1960s. Ultra-realistic oil painting can be compared with realistic photography in describing objective images, including details.

Third, the difference between realistic oil painting and realistic photography

To sum up, we can see that realistic oil painting and realistic photography have deep roots and many similarities. However, road to road, bridge to bridge, realistic oil painting and realistic photography are two different art categories after all, and there are many differences.

First, realistic oil paintings are created by painters who completely rely on manual description to describe brush strokes; Realistic photography works are basically completed by photographers with the help of photographic equipment and technical means. There are great differences between them in the way of creation, expression and creation process. This is also the most fundamental difference between realistic oil painting and realistic photography.

Secondly, the creative tools and materials of realistic oil painting and realistic photography are different. The creative tool materials of realistic oil painting are brushes, pigments and canvases, and the creative tool materials of artistic photography are photographic equipment, photographic paper and film.

Third, the creation procedures and time of realistic oil painting and realistic photography are different. Generally speaking, the creative process of realistic oil painting is complicated and takes a long time. The creation procedure of realistic photography works is relatively simple and the creation time is very short. Some people describe realistic photography as "instantaneous art".

Thirdly, realistic oil painting and realistic photography have different visual feelings and aesthetic effects. Visually speaking, realistic oil paintings are rich in texture, soft and heavy, and many works can see the painter's brush strokes. Realistic photography generally looks smooth, bright and clear. Moreover, realistic photography has no brush strokes.

Fourthly, in the process of creating realistic oil paintings, the painter can modify while painting, giving him more space to adjust the picture and giving him more thoughts, feelings and ideas. Realistic photography generally announces that the work is basically completed as soon as the theme is selected, and there are fewer opportunities for revision or adjustment.