Types of Painting Styles

• Realism - in which the subject of the painting looks much like the real thing rather than being stylized or abstracted
• Realism - is the style many people think of as "true art."
• Realism - The artist uses perspective to create an illusion of space and depth, setting the composition and lighting such that the subject appears real.
• Realism - has been the dominant style of painting since the Renaissance.
• Realism - Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is a classic example of the style.
• Realism in Renaissance art - refers to the attempt to depict people and objects in a true-to-life way.
• Renaissance artists - used techniques such as perspective, shadows and light to add depth and emotion to their work.
• realism in renaissance art - they also celebrated human achievements and the beauty of the natural world.
• Realism in Renaissance art - was different from the realism movement that emerged later, and it was also a contrast to the religion-centric art of the Middle Ages.
• Renaissance Period - There was a cultural movement called "Humanism" that promoted the idea that man was the center of his own universe, and people should embrace human achievements in education, classical arts, literature and science.
• Renaissance Period - Achievements such as invention of a printing press revolutionized their communication and allowed scholars to spread literacy quickly.
• Renaissance Period - Great Italian writers, artists, politicians and others declared that they were participating in an intellectual and artistic revolution that would be much different from what they experienced during the Dark Ages.
• The renaissance started in Florence, Italy, a place with a rich cultural history where wealthy citizens could afford to support budding artists.
• The movement then expanded to other Italian city states, such as Venice, Milan, Bologna, Ferrara and Rome. Then, during the 15th century,Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to France and then throughout western and northern Europe.
• Social Realism in the Philippines was an aesthetic and political art movement that emerged in the late 1970s amidst the country's conditions of martial rule, Imelda's grand cultural edifices, US Imperialism, the international student movement of the 1970s, and great socioeconomic disparity.
• Realism in the Philippines - Martial Law Sept. 21, 1972- January 17, 1981. But EDSA Revolution happened on Feb 22, 1986. Philippine Constitution was revised in 1987 during the rule of Cory Aquino and after the rule of the dictator, Marcos.
• According to historian Alice Guillermo, "social realism in the visual arts grew out of the politicised Filipino consciousness' shaped by the Philippine revolution against Spain in 1896 and the struggles against an authoritarian state in the 1970s"
• In general, these artists rejected nostalgic love for

  the past and an idealized view of tradition and history.

  Instead, they strove in their visual art to attain an understanding of the true state of the present or a reflection of the true conditions of Philippine society.
• In the late 80s and the 1990s, the movement was revived by Grupong Salingpusa, a group of student artists from University of the Philippines known for their interaction mural painting.
• It could be argued that the sentiments, aims, and even visual styles of Social Realism continue on today. Social Realism has had its share of criticism. As an art movement whose paintings, for instance, depicted suffering and poverty, it has been ultimately commodified into an art market unattainable by the masses and has instead become bankable to wealthy art collectors.
• Painterly - Characterized by qualities of color, stroke, and texture rather than of line
• The term painterly is used to describe a painting done in a style that celebrates the medium that it was created in, be it oil paint, acrylics, pastels, gouache, watercolor, etc., rather than a style that tries to hide the act of creation or the medium used.
• Painterly - It is a loose and expressive approach to the process of painting in which the brushstrokes (or even knife strokes, if any paint was applied with a palette knife) are visible.
• Painterly - It contrasts with a style of painting that is controlled and tries to hide the brushstrokes
• Painterly - is like a rebellion from realism because in centuries past painters worked hard to eliminate or conceal any evident brush marks or texture in a painting, blending and smoothing colors to hide all evidence as to how the work was created
• One of the most famous Filipino painters known for his painterly style is Fernando Amorsolo.
• Amorsolo - is celebrated for his mastery of light and color, particularly in his depictions of rural Filipino life and landscapes.
• Amorsolo’s works often showcase vibrant and dynamic brushwork, embodying the essence of the Philippine countryside and its people.
• Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto

  1892-1972 was born in Paco, Manila. He studied at the Art School of the Liceo de Manila.
• Amorsolo used natural light in his paintings and developed the backlighting technique, Chiaroscuro, which became his artistic trademark.
• • In a typical Amorsolo painting, figures are outlined against a characteristic glow and intense light on one part of the canvas highlights nearby details.
• Amorsolo liked painting the ideal Filipino beauty and his muse were usually young women (mostly girls) with a round face.
• The Painterly style appeared as the Industrial Revolution swept Europe in the first half of the 19th century.
• Painterly -  Liberated by the invention of the metal paint tube, which allowed artists to step outside the studio, painters began to focus on painting itself. 
• Painterly - Subjects were rendered realistically, however, painters made no effort to hide their technical work.
• Painterly - As its name suggests, the emphasis is on the act of painting: the character of the brushwork and pigments themselves.
• Painterly - Artists working in this style don't try to hide what was used to create the painting by smoothing out texture or marks left in the paint by a brush or other tool, such as a palette knife. 
• Painterly - The paintings of Henri Matisse are excellent examples of this style.
• Impressionism - emerged in the 1880s in Europe, where artists such as Claude Monet sought to capture light, not through the detail of realism, but with gesture and illusion.
• Impressionism -  You don't need to get too close to Monet's water lilies or Vincent Van Gogh's sunflowers to see the bold strokes of color, however, there's no doubt what you're looking at.