Paintings, A Look At The Past

By Author: Linda Mc Cain Smith
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Art is a part of our culture. You can express everything you see in paintings. Some cultures used them as records of life. According to the artist, paintings have an own style. They can be naturalistic and representational.

Usually painters prefer to follow a model of painting as a reference. This does not mean that painting is a copy, this is only an aid. Techniques are important too. They permit a proper process. Don't forget to buy the necessary tools such as canvas, or brushes. In the near future, these tools will make the difference. Obviously, talent is innate.

Each culture has developed his style according to their customs. Oil paintings are required by collectors. This style presents an original realism. Learn more about Michelangelo or Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. He was born at Caprese, a village in Florentine. During his lifetime, he made many sculptures and paintings.

Michelangelo's last paintings were frescos of the Cappella Paolina just beside the Sistine Chapel, The Conversion of Paul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter.

If you don't have talent to paint, don't feel bad. ...
... Not everyone can paint as Michelangelo. Paint is an ongoing process. It requires lots of practice.

Paintings can be real and unreal. Here there are some paintings styles: Academic Classicism, Art Nouveau, Baroque, Classicism, Cubism, Expressionism, Gothic Art, Impressionism, Neoclassicism, Orientalism, Realism, Rococo, Romanticism, Social Realism, Symbolism, etc.

You should know this new world. Painting is an art surprising.