History painting
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History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often Greek and Ro
Diana and Actaeon, Titian, 1556–1559, a classic history painting, showing a dramatic moment in a mythological story, with elements of figure painting, landscape painting and still-life.
Judas Returning the Thirty Silver Pieces by Rembrandt, 1629.
Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, 1786, with a scene from ancient history.
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, Agnolo Bronzino, c. 1545. According to André Félibien allegory was the highest form of all history painting.
Genre painting
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Genre painting is the painting of genre art, which depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows
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Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid by Jan Vermeer 1670/71)
Peasant Dance by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, c. 1568
The Happy Family by Jan Steen, 1668
The Smokers by Adriaen Brouwer, 1636