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Paintings has been existing in this world for a long period from the time when man wanted to communicate with each other representing a new aspect which he saw or came to know. This art grew with time and advanced with various styles and techniques.
Prehistoric period
During this period paintings existed on rocks and caves. These paintings were Engraved and painted with red ochre (naturally tinted clay) and black pigment.Tole Brushes
Ancient times
The ancient
Middle ages
During Middle Ages the paintings were mostly in icon form with golden or dark shades of background usually forming religious figures or in relation to it. This art known as byzantine art is currently called as illustration art.brush cleaning
After this middle age period various painting techniques and styles came in to existence to name a few Renaissance and mannerism, Baroque and rococo, Romanticism and 19th century etc.
Renaissance period
Renaissance period is said to be the golden age of paintings. Because many famous artists with their style, cognition, and study of human anatomy took painting to a higher level and excelled in proposion and presentation of paintings. Almost all the best painters and paintings existed in this period. Renaissance paintings focused on the revolution of ideas and science that occurred in that period which placed human being as the center of thought.clean brushes
Baroque and rococo
Baroque is a type of paintings projecting a dramatic view of human figurine under light effects and at times opposite to renaissance paintings. This period of baroque painting has its great masters to be listed Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Vermeer, the three painters who through their dramatic view point opened a new chapter in the history of painting. Rococo is a descendant of baroque with lighter, erotic and less demanding technique.Tonal Values
Romanticism and 19th century paintings
Romantism paintings brought about a new generation of artists focusing on nature. Paintings hence depicted landscape, flowers and other natural existence instead of human figure. The basic idea behind the paintings of romanticism is human are not above the forces of nature. The major painters of this period include Turner, Caspar David Friedrich, Francisco Goya and many others.
Realism came in to existence in the other half of 19th century then Impressionism at the end of the century leading to the modern era.
Modern and contemporary paintings
Modern and contemporary paintings include various styles of paintings such as cubism, futurism, abstract, Surrealism. Modern paintings formed an experimental laboratory in which artists stretched the limits of this medium to his extreme.