What are the types of works of art?

Art works refer to plane or three-dimensional plastic art works such as painting, calligraphy and sculpture formed by lines, colors or other means. Art works include pure art works and practical art works.

Pure works of art refer to independent works of art that only people can appreciate, such as oil painting, Chinese painting, printmaking, watercolor painting and so on. Practical works of art refer to the combination of the contents of works of art and articles with use value, and articles have both ornamental value and practical value with the help of works of art, such as ceramic art.

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Common painting types

1, ink painting

Ink painting is a kind of painting mixed with water and ink, and it is a form of painting. More often, ink painting is considered as the representative of traditional painting in China, that is, Chinese painting. Also known as Chinese painting, Chinese painting. Basic ink painting, only ink painting, black and white, but advanced ink painting, but also meticulous flower-and-bird painting, colorful. The latter is sometimes called color ink painting.

2. Oil painting

A painting mixed with pigment and quick-drying vegetable oil on canvas, linen, cardboard or wood. Diluents used in paint are volatile turpentine and dry linseed oil. The pigment attached to the picture has strong hardness and can keep luster for a long time after the picture is dried. With the hiding power and transparency of the pigment, the painted object is vividly displayed, with rich colors and strong three-dimensional sense.

3. Murals

A picture painted on the wall or ceiling of a building. Divided into rough bottom murals, painted murals and pasted murals. Mural painting is one of the oldest forms of painting. Egypt, India and Babylon have preserved many ancient murals. During the Italian Renaissance, mural creation flourished, resulting in many famous works.

4, meticulous painting

Gongbi painting is a form of Chinese painting that depicts scenery with meticulous brushwork. Gongbi painting must be painted on silk or rice paper treated with alum. Generally speaking, meticulous painting needs to draw a manuscript first, and a complete manuscript needs to be revised repeatedly before it can be finalized. Then cover it with rice paper or plastic alum silk, first outline it with a small pen, then color it with the class and render it layer by layer to achieve the artistic effect of both form and spirit.

Step 5 sketch

Sketch, in short, is monochrome painting. But not necessarily, the process of sketching is a comprehensive thinking activity that needs to consider many problems at the same time. All majors in art colleges take it as a basic course, although each major has different emphasis, such as oil painting emphasizing volume and tone, Chinese painting emphasizing lines, printmaking and design emphasizing structure. But the commonness of sketches is similar. At the same time, sketch, as an independent art category, has its unique artistic value.

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