Painting

Painting, in art, describes any work of art that’s created with painting via brush, sponge, palette knife, or any other tool to apply paint. Painting is a medium, not a genre unlike abstract or contemporary art. Paintings’ Origins Paintings as old as 40,000 years old have been discovered around the world – mostly in caves

Figurative Art

Figurative Art describes modern artworks that primarily focuses on the human figure . Figurative art is often regarded as the oldest style of art, as cave paintings often depicted hunters and animals. Additionally, a 35,000 year old carving of a woman in a mammoth tusk was found in a cave in Germany. Perhaps the landmark piece, however, was Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus