What are the different types of figurative painting ?
Portrait

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Gainsborough (século XVIII)
The function of a portrait is to represent an individual or group of individuals, so that they are recognized by a specific audience.
Through posture, gestures, clothing, scenery, attributes or secondary figures, usually reveals the identity of the portrayed and the ideal that the artist wants to reveal of his person.
It does not necessarily seek full fidelity to features.
It may be full-body, mid-body or bust, and the subject may be in a frontal, lateral or three-quarters position.
Read the detailed analysis of this painting
Figurative scene
which may be:
- mythological;
- historical;
- religious;
- allegorical;
- genre (also called petit genre; scenes of everyday life and folk customs);
- literary;
The figurative painting tells a story through the gestures, postures, facial expressions, attributes or other contents of the portrayed.
It seeks inspiration from various sources such as mythology, religion, society, literature, local customs, etc.
Landscape
The subject is the landscape.
It is interesting to identify seasons of the year, to observe temporal indications and human activity, to point out the architectural elements present.
The artist can choose to represent the landscape with quicker and summary strokes or to look for detail, with more concentrated or diffused motifs.
The general character of the scene may have an identifiable temperament, symbolic or not: intimate, turbulent, inviting, …
In figurative painting of landscape this can be real or idealized.
Light, space elements, color scheme, etc. – can contribute to the expressiveness of the landscape.
To better identify a figurative work of art see the explanatory video.
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