A category of artistic compositionThe combination of a selection of distinct elements to work towards creating a whole image or form. The arrangement of shapes, colours, textures, marks and lines in a painting. A composition is something that is put together - it is an arrangement of different elements. In art, the visual elements are combined by paying attention to things such as balance, harmony, rhythm and contrast to give a unified whole. Sometimes composition is used to refer to one piece of art work, such as a painting that shares similarities in formForm refers to three dimensional objects. While shapes have two dimensions (height and width), forms have three dimensions (height, width and depth). The overall unity of the visual elements in an art work; it is usually contrasted with content. Form is sometimes used to refer to the three dimensional aspect of an art work, as opposed to shape, which is seen as referring to two dimensional aspects., subject matterThe content of art is the meaning, message, and/or feeling imparted by a work of art. Content is inextricably linked with form, which refers to the pictorial aspects of art. In an artwork, the subject matter is what the image literally depicts. The content of the artwork is what the image means. or style. Paintings that include views of the sea could be considered in the genre of seascapes.
Genre has two meanings: its general meaning refers simply to a type of paintingPainting is the practice of applying paint or other media to a surface, usually with a brush. An art object made using paint (noun)., such as landscape, still life or abstractWhen applied to art, it usually refers to work which is not representational. Abstract art is concerned with ideas that are drawn away from everyday reality and given expression. The artist's starting point is sometimes based on aspects of reality but is often concerned with the depiction of ideas that have no basis in everyday reality. Work that is recognisably drawn from real life is sometimes called ‘semi abstract’.. Its more specific meaning refers to the everyday subject matter in a painting, such as domestic interiors. It was 15 the main artArt refers to a diverse range of human intellectual and expressive activities and the outcomes of those activities. Within this context art is further defined as visual art and includes painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and work made using digital media. form in 17th century Holland - it is typified by the work of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675).