8/25/2014

What You Need To Know About Figurative And Genre Art

By Deanne Shepard


The world is full of so many beautiful things that most human beings take for granted. The modern generation seem to have to juggle to many different things all at once which is why they rarely have the time to stop and take a moment to appreciate the wonderful spread of nature before them. Some even only acknowledge it if it was already sitting inches away from their faces.

Beauty can take in so many different forms. It can be in the face of a really beautiful woman, or on the simple happiness etched on the face of a little child. It can also be depicted in the panoramic views that nature provides. Flower gardens and even dense forests have a certain thing of beauty upon them. Sometimes, people also attempt to recreate something that they find beautiful, which is why they make sculptures, music, and figurative and genre art.

Most think that art is created to capture beauty and immortalize it forever. While this is a valid reason for creating artworks, this is not the only purpose for engaging in the arts. Creativity is found out to be very good for the health, according to most health experts. All creative endeavors such as writing, singing, dancing, and dabbling in visual arts will help in your ability to heal yourself properly.

Dabbling in the arts allow one to also divert the attention away from the troubles that one is constantly facing. The best way to avoid stress and depression is to busy yourself with something else so as to allow your mind to recall it less. It even allows you to forget the pain that you are experiencing as of the moment.

Positive emotions are also brought about by being artistic. It reduces stress levels and increases positive emotions. Coming up with a really pleasing art result will lead to improved sense of well being, as an achievement highlights your triumphs over adversaries.

They also serve as good therapy. Patients with mental illness will benefit a lot from making them do artworks. This will provide an outlet for all the pent up emotions that they have been keeping inside for far too long. They can also use artworks as an avenue to share their stories and secrets that they have difficulties divulging out to others.

Since the discovery of such benefits, majority of the public today has renewed a certain interest of learning the arts. There is a wide array of styles to choose from, one of which is the genre art. This shows people in motion, ordinary citizens carrying out ordinary tasks. They are often depicted as being at home, in the marketplace, or doing some sort of laborious work.

Genre art is somewhat closer to the figurative one. Genre works are often representations, too, though they mainly focus on the activities of daily living. Common scenes often include market scenes, household scenarios, and even commonplace activities.

Both the genre and figurative art are considered to be ion direct contrast to the up and modern abstract art. These often require the viewer to think about what the painting means, where as the former ones have it upfront. Whatever type of art you are currently into, the health benefits are similar anyways.




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