Western Painting - Figurative Art - Representational Real World Creativity

Figurative Art - The ConceptAll across the globe, ancient cultures offer splendid
Figurative Art or Figurativism refers toexamples of Figurative Art. One of the earliest
representational art, including the depiction ofbeing the sculpture of a woman found in Hohle
human or animal figures. More appropriately,Fels Cave of Southern Germany. The carved
Figurativism is an art form that represents a realfigure is more than 35,000 years old and has
world image.been sculpted from a mammoth's tusk. Cave
The Detailspaintings in Lascaux, France also portray an array
From ancient times to the modern day art,of animals found in the region. Similarly, male
human figures have been an intriguing factor andhuman body was considered an ideal for figurative
the subject of artists the world over. Whether itsculptors in Greece.
is curvaceous female figures or muscular maleRenaissance painters were extremely skilled in
structure, the human body is one of the mostFigurative Paintings and sculptures. Leonardo da
exploited areas in painting. The fact takes anVinci's (1452-1519) 'The Virgin of the Rocks'
interesting note especially because a human body(1483-86) and 'The Last Supper' (1495-98) clearly
is as obscure as obvious. Touching a demandingreflect the painter's knowledge of anatomy and
scale, there is very little or almost no scope forhis superior skills in Figurativism. Michelangelo's
errors in Figurative Art.(1475-1564) paintings on the ceiling and walls of
The Correlationsthe Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy, clearly reflect his
The latest buzz in the world of Figurativism ismastery in the art form. 'The Creation of Adam'
Photo-Realism. The art involves making creations(1511) is a fresco by Michelangelo, which reflects
resembling color photographs and figure paintingsthe biblical story when God breathed life into
that appear quite real. This is a more recent areaAdam. 'The Last Judgment' (1534-41), his fresco
of development in the field of Figurativism. A loton the altar wall of Sistine Chapel, is another huge
of innovation and work is yet to come.feat and proof of the magnanimity of
The Artists & ArtworksMichelangelo as an extraordinary Figurative painter.