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Impressionism:  Embracing  Change  

 

Royal Academy: Art Hierarchy   The  royal  academy  of  art  was  founded  in  the  year  1648  in  France.  The  royal  academy  was  considered  as   a  significant  part  of  the  monarchy.  The  kings  and  the  ruling  parties  analyzed  the  fact  that  art  was  a  good   means  of  understanding  and  managing  the  public  opinion.   The  royal  academy  was  therefore  depicted  as  an  important  political  asset.  The  royal  academy  controlled   the  different  aspects  of  art,  such  as  teaching  and  learning  process  of  art  and  displaying  the  art  at  periodic   intervals  of  time.  This  act  of  organizing  an  art  show  at  a  certain  interval  of  time  is  known  as  the  ‘Salon’.  In   this  particular  journal,  we  will  discuss  in  details  about  the  Royal  academy  art  hierarchy.   There  exists  a  hierarchy  of  genre  and  the  subject  matter  in  the  Royal  academy.  According  to  the   hierarchy,  there  are  different  types  of  genres  such  as  History  painting,  Portraiture,  Genre  painting,   Landscape  painting,  Animal  painting  and  Still  life  painting.  The  history  paintings  are  placed  in  the  highest   position  in  the  hierarchy.  The  still  life  paintings  are  at  the  lower  levels  of  the  hierarchy.  

History painting The  historical  paintings  include  noble   historic  moments,  ancient  mythologies  and   biblical  subjects.  The  paintings  are  intended   for  display  in  the  public  places  such  as   churches,  gallery  walls  and  at  events  like   annual  Salons.  The  paintings  that  display   the  symbolic  messages  about  the  good  and   evil  are  given  the  highest  designation  under   the  category  of  historical  paintings.  

Portraiture Portrait  painting  is  the  next  highest  genre  in   the  Royal  academy  art  hierarchy.  The   students  have  to  pass  through  a  rigorous   course  of  training  to  master  the  portrait  painting  skill.  Generally,  the  students  start  with  drawing  from  the   plaster  casts  and  copying  the  already  established  portraits  before  working  with  the  live  models.  

Genre painting The  genre  painting  includes  scenes  from  the  everyday  life.  These  may  contain  people,  landscapes,   animals  and  their  combinations.  Normally,  a  genre  painting  has  a  person  or  a  group  of  people  performing   certain  activities.  

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Impressionism:  Embracing  Change  

Landscape painting Landscape  painting  is  in  the  fourth  position  in  the  Royal  academy  art  hierarchy.  In  the  landscape   paintings,  there  are  no  human  figures.  These  paintings  include  everything  that  can  be  found  in  physical   geography  such  as  cityscapes,  waterscapes  and  seascapes.    

Animal painting Among  the  various  animal  paintings,  the  horse  paintings  are  more  popular.  The  animal  paintings  were   ranked  low  due  to  the  late  inclusion  in  the  hierarchical  system.  But,  the  animal  painters  are  honored  and   valued  as  like  the  painters  of  the  other  genre.  

Still life painting The  still  life  paintings  do  not  contain  any  living  objects.  They  are  small  scale  paintings  and  do  not  require   much  imagination.  Still  life  paintings  are  ranked  lowest  in  the  Royal  academy  art  hierarchy.  However,   these  are  also  an  important  part  of  the  Royal  academy  art  hierarchy.  

 

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