The term paintings refers to a painting, a work of art, regardless of the support on which it has been captured. There are different branches within what is considered pictorial work, such as portraits, murals or frescoes, something that we will see later..
The term pictorial has its origin in the Latin "picto", which can be translated into Spanish as painter. Hence, when we talk about a pictorial work we refer to a painting.
This is also how the Royal Spanish Academy describes it, placing pictorial within the group of adjectives and also pointing out that it can be used to indicate that something is suitable to be represented in painting..
A pictorial work belongs to the set of major works, as are literature, sculpture and architecture. In turn, within the paintings there are “masterpieces”, so called because they are pieces of authentic admiration, beyond the technique implemented..
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These are the items that make a pictorial work.
It is with which the work is composed. It can be wet (oil or watercolor), dry (in which pencils, crayons or chalks are used), or mixed (combining the two mentioned).
About where to paint. This in turn is subdivided into material, it can be a table, canvas or stone; shape, circular, rectangular, triangular or square; and size.
It is the preparatory part, prior to the work and identifies the forms.
It is the representation of volume through games of tones that create an optical illusion. For example, the parts that stand out the most are represented with lighter colors, while those further away, with dark tones..
It is used to represent depth giving notion of space. There are different types: knight, linear, fumed, atmospheric or aerial.
It is what gives emotion to the painting through the primary colors (yellow, red and blue) and secondary (green, violet and orange). The rest are called complementary. White is the absence of color and black, of light.
Its representation is an illusion and can emulate the natural or artificial.
It is how all the plastic media that make up the pictorial work are ordered and it can be based on the forms, light or color.
The most emblematic of the pictorial works is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is currently exhibited in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Another work of the Italian genius that is on everyone's lips these days is Salvator Mundi. It is full of curious edges. On the one hand it was discovered recently, more precisely in 2005.
Then, on November 15, 2017 it was auctioned by the specialized house Christie's, whose sum paid was exorbitant: 450,312,500 dollars, which made it the most expensive work of all time.
Finally, this authentic historical gem is unknown where it is. It was going to be exhibited at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, but no one knows what became of it.
Another of the most famous works in the world is "Night of stars" and its author is Vincent Van Gogh, who painted it in 1889. In the work the artist used damp oil and fine brushes.
It is currently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is characterized by having a style that emulates the movement of the sky..
Another example of pictorial art is cave paintings, which are drawings or sketches that exist mostly in caves or caves..
The oldest representations date back to 35,000 years old and their conservation to this day was possible thanks to the fact that they were reflected on the interior walls of caves for the most part. These supports, such as stones or marbles (something that was given later) are called lithic.
The colors that were used were generally two, which varied between shades of black, yellow, red and ocher and whose origin was of course natural, such as charcoal..
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