The concept and art form known as oil paintings has been and continues to be practiced for hundreds of years. The question is in this digital age of technology where do you think this art form stands with main stream art. Does it still hold up to the numerous new expressions of art that go on everyday. Most would argue that oil paintings still hold a place of reverence in the art community as one of the truly original expressions or art today. So watch the following video on an oil painting lesson with Jack Kolber. Then read the detailed article discussing the history as well as the many techniques involved in creating oil paintings. Please follow up by sharing your opinions at the end of the article.

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Hand Painted Oil Painting Techniques

The ancient art and Hand painted oil paintings of Renaissance Europe are very important relationship. Renaissance to the 14th century, the rise of 16th century European idea of a cultural movement, experiencing forces of a thousand years of feudal rule of the Church, people began to get rid of mental slavery, was being detained for many years of classical culture and arouse people’s attention. The first started in Renaissance Italy, later extended to Western European countries. The 16th century reached its peak.

European oil paintings of family »Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Giorgione, Titian is the Renaissance leaders. At that time, an endless stream of various schools of style, master masterpiece of a common occurrence for human culture left a treasure trove of numerous difficult to go beyond the classics. The Southern Italy School Titian’s Venice is a well-known opaque thick smear of oil painting techniques on behalf of the portrait master.

Ancient and modern, oil painting the most basic techniques are threefold: First, the Nordic Netherlands School, who love to Yang Ke as the representative of the Tuhua thin transparent; Second, Southern Italy School to Weinisiti-thick opaque as the representative of the Tuhua ; Three of Flanders painter Rubens as the representative of the North-South integration techniques of the dark thin transparent Tu, Tu-liang of the thick opaque compromise painting. After the 17th century painter, although with their own unique style and technique, but are not divorced from the opening of these three basic traditional painting techniques. The history of European painting from the point of view, the painting is painted from the wax, plastic eggs on the painting gradually develop. By the 15th century, and by Fan Yang brothers grams of plastic for the completion of a medium to medium oil for the conversion. Because of the innovative techniques, so that the performance of the paintings are brought into full play so that it works in the depth of sound and produce a great leap forward. Therefore, in the 15th century love grams of Fan Yang brothers as the representative of the Netherlands School, is painting the history of the development a major turning point. By the 17th century (before and after the Qing Emperor Kangxi period), after several generations of artists of the continuous improvement so that the oil painting art form created a major turning point, that is, from multi-level hood with the gradual development of an integrated method of performance-based approach And direct painting, oil painting greatly enriched the language and performance skills, make it better.

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