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 27797
- landscape 23659
- genre painting 23284
- abstract 17397
- religious painting 11756
- cityscape 8702
- figurative 7895
- sketch and study 7046
- illustration 6389
- still life 4667
- nude painting (nu) 4460
- symbolic painting 4366
- sculpture 4131
- design 3684
- marina 3220
- mythological painting 3167
- photo 2986
- animal painting 2797
- self-portrait 2578
- installation 2523
- flower painting 2439
- history painting 1665
- allegorical painting 1558
- interior 1394
- poster 1027
- literary painting 905
- cloudscape 758
- battle painting 716
- caricature 696
- icon 491
- wildlife painting 414
- miniature 399
- architecture 396
- veduta 346
- tessellation 309
- utensil 291
- graffiti 283
- yakusha-e 257
- calligraphy 242
- advertisement 230
- performance 222
- tronie 215
- capriccio 159
- bird-and-flower painting 150
- bijinga 113
- pastorale 105
- jewelry 86
- mural 65
- mobile 59
- vanitas 57
- trompe-l'œil 55
- shan shui 48
- tapestry 45
- ornament 43
- furniture 41
- mosaic 41
- quadratura 36
- video 26
- panorama 25
- manga 23
- pin-up 20
- digital 17
- stabile 15
- artist's book 14
- object 12
- animation 12
- augmented reality 1
- urushi-e 1