Artworks by genre
A genre system divides artworks according to depicted themes and objects. A classical hierarchy of genres was developed in European culture by the 17th century. It ranked genres in high – history painting and portrait, - and low – genre painting, landscape and still life. This hierarchy was based on the notion of man as the measure of all things. Landscape and still life were the lowest because they did not involve human subject matter. History was highest because it dealt with the noblest events of humanity. Genre system is not so much relevant for a contemporary art; there are just two genre definitions that are usually applied to it: abstract or figurative.
- portrait 28582
- landscape 24248
- genre painting 23924
- abstract 18047
- religious painting 12117
- figurative 9181
- cityscape 8929
- sketch and study 7303
- illustration 6589
- still life 4883
- nude painting (nu) 4654
- symbolic painting 4412
- sculpture 4353
- design 3711
- marina 3458
- mythological painting 3315
- photo 2957
- animal painting 2913
- self-portrait 2686
- installation 2556
- flower painting 2506
- history painting 1714
- allegorical painting 1589
- interior 1468
- poster 1076
- literary painting 933
- cloudscape 825
- battle painting 733
- caricature 702
- icon 496
- wildlife painting 441
- miniature 401
- architecture 397
- veduta 349
- tessellation 312
- graffiti 295
- utensil 294
- yakusha-e 257
- calligraphy 242
- advertisement 240
- performance 223
- tronie 215
- capriccio 159
- bird-and-flower painting 152
- bijinga 121
- pastorale 105
- jewelry 86
- mural 72
- mobile 59
- vanitas 58
- trompe-l'œil 51
- mosaic 50
- shan shui 47
- tapestry 45
- ornament 42
- furniture 41
- digital 37
- quadratura 36
- panorama 25
- video 23
- manga 23
- pin-up 20
- stabile 15
- artist's book 14
- object 14
- animation 12
- augmented reality 1
- urushi-e 1