Oil painting tradition

There are two schools of oil painting. The first category is creative works which are mainly based on objective reproduction; The second category is creative works with subjective expression.

Specifically divided into classicism and academism, romanticism, realism, photo realism, impressionism and so on.

Classicism and academic school-Classicism is based on respecting the aesthetic principles of ancient Greece and Rome, with symmetrical and balanced composition, solemn and magnificent momentum, exquisite techniques and in-depth description. Its representative writers are Raphael and Angel.

Romanticism-Romanticism originated in the early19th century, and its masterpiece is "Medusa's Raft" by Ji Like. The composition, light, color, dynamics and expressions in this work all show the artist's rich imagination, breaking the horizontal and vertical in classical composition, and the light is soft and even, which makes the picture have a passion.

Realism-Realistic painting refers to1in the mid-9th century, painters headed by Miller advocated expressing normal visual images and reflecting the essence of life by being faithful to objects. His masterpiece is "Miller's Collection".

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The predecessor of oil painting is1egg painting in European painting before the 5th century, which was developed by the Dutch painter Jan Van Eyck after improving the painting materials (1385-144 1). Later generations praised Yang Van Eyck as "the father of oil painting" because he made a unique contribution to the in-depth development of oil painting techniques.

Modern oil paintings mostly use linseed oil to blend pigments and paint on processed cloth or wood boards. Because oil painting pigments do not change color after drying, many colors will not become dirty after mixing, and painters can draw rich and realistic colors. Oil painting pigments are opaque and have strong coverage, so the painting can be covered layer by layer from deep to shallow, giving the painting a three-dimensional effect.

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