Painting and History

What is Painting

Painting is a work of art that the process of making is done by painting paint with a brush tool, palette knife or other equipment, which memulaskan various colors and shades of color gradation, with a certain color depth also a certain color composition of color pigment color in solvent (or medium) and the gluing gene (glue) for water diluents, the bonding gene in the form of linen oil for oil paints with terpenthin diluents, on surfaces such as paper, canvas, or walls. This is done by a painter; with the depth of color and taste of the painter, this definition is used especially if it is the creator of a painting.

The Historical Origins of Painting

The oldest paintings are at Chauvet Grotte in France, claimed by some historians of about 32,000 years ago. The painting was carved and painted using red ocher and black pigments and the appearance of horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, giants, abstract designs and a kind of human figure may be partial. But the earliest evidence of the creation of the painting has been found in two stone shelters at Arnhem Land, in northern Australia. In the lowest layer of material on this site no used ocher piece is estimated to be 60,000 years old. Archaeologists also found a fragment of stone paintings preserved in limestone rocks - a shelter in the North Kimberley region of Western Australia, which dates from 40 000 years There are examples of cave paintings around the world-in India, France, Spain, Portugal, China, Australia , etc.

In Western culture oil painting and watercolor painting has a rich and complex tradition in terms of style and subject. In Eastern ink, ink and historic colors are dominated by media choices with equally rich and complex traditions.

The discovery of photography had a major impact on painting. In 1829, the first photo was produced. From the mid to the late 19th century, the process of photography was enhanced and after a broader look, the painting lost much of its historical purpose to provide an accurate record of the observable world. There began a series of art movements into the twentieth century in which the worldview of the Renaissance continued to erode, through Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism and Dadaism. Eastern and African paintings, however, continue long stylization histories and do not undergo equivalent transformation at the same time.

Modern and Contemporary Art has moved away from historic values ​​of craft and documentation that support the concept; this led some to say in 1960 that the painting, as a serious art form, was dead. This also does not deter most painters who live from continuing to practice painting either entirely or partly from their work. The vitality and flexibility of painting in the 21st century belies the premature statement of its destruction. In an age characterized by the idea of ​​pluralism, there is no consensus on the style of representation of the times. Important works of art continue to be carried out in a variety of aesthetic styles and temperaments, remaining markets to assess achievement

Among the continuous directions and currents in the early 21st century paintings are the monochrome paintings, Hard-edge painting, geometric abstraction, Designation, Hyperrealism, photorealism, Expressionism, Minimalism, Lyrical Abstraction, Pop Art, Op Art, Abstract Expressionism, Colors Field painting, Neo-expressionism, Collage, Intermedia painting, painting collection, Computer painting art, postmodern painting, Neo-Dada painting, Canvas Shaped painting, Environmental mural painting, Traditional figure painting, Landscape painting, Portrait painting, and paint- glass animation.

What is needed Painting

In his felling the categorized painting into the needs of a painting is made.

• Idealist Painting
  Paintings still pay attention to the need for taste to work, by pouring all aspects of materials, colors, effects resulting from techniques without being influenced by commercial factors.

• Commercial Painting
  In the need to decorate or add additional accents in the aesthetics of the room, painting often becomes the main accent and classy for its artistic value. Although it is actually a valuable piece of artwork not always identical to its economic value, but generally that happens. The need for painting as an interior accent more than the need of appreciation of a work of art makes many paintings are deliberately made for these needs, in other words painting made for commercial purposes is not a manifestation of the process of work.

That Need to Know

Drawing is different from painting, the difference is from the color media used, if painting with liquid media or pasta such as paint or ink paint and drawing media used tend to dry like color pencil, pastel and crayon.