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 28382
- landscape 24247
- genre painting 23814
- abstract 17927
- religious painting 12102
- figurative 9081
- cityscape 8879
- sketch and study 7246
- illustration 6463
- still life 4820
- nude painting (nu) 4568
- symbolic painting 4408
- sculpture 4348
- design 3708
- marina 3453
- mythological painting 3308
- photo 2965
- animal painting 2917
- self-portrait 2661
- installation 2555
- flower painting 2506
- history painting 1700
- allegorical painting 1600
- interior 1424
- poster 1075
- literary painting 930
- cloudscape 824
- battle painting 728
- caricature 700
- icon 496
- wildlife painting 441
- miniature 400
- architecture 397
- veduta 349
- tessellation 312
- graffiti 294
- utensil 294
- yakusha-e 257
- calligraphy 242
- advertisement 238
- performance 223
- tronie 215
- capriccio 159
- bird-and-flower painting 152
- bijinga 121
- pastorale 105
- jewelry 86
- mural 71
- mobile 59
- vanitas 58
- trompe-l'œil 51
- mosaic 50
- shan shui 47
- tapestry 45
- ornament 42
- furniture 41
- quadratura 36
- panorama 25
- digital 24
- video 23
- manga 23
- pin-up 20
- stabile 15
- artist's book 14
- object 14
- animation 12
- augmented reality 1
- urushi-e 1