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Genre Genre (French Genre), domestic painting, is engaged in depicting scenes from public and private life. The ancient Greeks and Romans did not know this kind of painting, which, as an independent, arose only in the times that came to us, after the Renaissance. the Flemings and

Animal genre

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The main object of this genre of fine arts are animals (from lat. animal - animal).

This genre was widespread in ancient times: stylized images of animals are found in the art of the Ancient East, America, Africa, Oceania and in the folk art of other countries.
Most often, we see images of animals in painting, sculpture, graphics, decorative art, and later in photography.
The animalistic genre can be conditionally divided into two areas: natural science and art. In the first case, an accurate depiction of the animal from the point of view of its physiology is important for the animal artist, and in the second case, the artistic characteristics of the animal, including metaphor (transferring human traits to animals). This mainly applies to illustrators of fairy tales and fables.

Animalism in painting

Frans Snyders (1579-1657)

Van Dyck "Portrait of Snyders with his wife" (portrait fragment)
Flemish painter, master of still life and animal paintings. Initially, he was engaged in still lifes, but then he became interested in animalistic plots and hunting scenes. His works amaze with the monumentality and thoughtfulness of the compositions, the virtuoso depiction of the physiology of the animal, its vitality and inner power.

F. Snyders "Boar Hunt" (1625-1630)

Paulus Potter (1625-1654)

Bartholomeus van der Gelst "Portrait of Paulus Potter"
The Dutch artist Potter died very young, at 29, but left a whole gallery of paintings with detailed images of domestic animals in the meadows, paintings with hunting scenes.

P. Potter "Young Bull"

It was the images of animals that provided him with worldwide fame.
The artist's most famous painting is The Young Bull, which is in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.

P. Potter "Horses in the Meadow" (1649)
Horses are the most popular character in animalistic paintings. But each artist has his own attitude to this strong and noble animal.

George Stubbs (1724-1806)

D. Stubbs "Self-portrait"

English artist and biologist, one of the leading European animal painters. Thoroughly studied human and animal anatomy at the York Hospital. He is the author of several scientific works, including the work "Anatomy of horses" (1766), therefore, from a scientific point of view, he could depict animals flawlessly.

D. Stubbs "Whistlejacket" (1762)

Franz Marc (1880-1916)

German painter of Jewish origin, representative of German expressionism. He volunteered for the front of the First World War and was killed by a shell fragment during the Verdun operation at the age of 36, leaving his creative plans unfulfilled.

F. Mark "Blue Horse" (1911)
He often depicted animals (deer, foxes, horses) in a natural setting, presenting them as higher, pure beings. Such is the romantic canvas "Blue Horse". Mark's work is distinguished by a bright palette combined with cubist images, sharp and hard color transitions. The most famous was his painting "The Fate of Animals". It is currently on display at the Basel Art Museum (Switzerland).

F. Mark "The Fate of Animals" (1913)
The animal world always attracts not only professional artists, but also children. In the children's world, animals occupy a place no less than a person.

Samira Sagitova (3 years 8 months) "Funny chickens"

Jim Killen "Funny Puppies"

Animalism in sculpture

Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (1805-1867)

PC. Klodt
The family of the future sculptor came from the Baltic German aristocrats Klodt von Jurgensburg, consisted of hereditary military men. P. K. Klodt was born in 1805 in St. Petersburg, but his childhood and youth were spent in Omsk - his father served as chief of staff of the Separate Siberian Corps. There, the baron's penchant for drawing, carving and sculpting manifested itself. Most of all, the boy loved to portray horses, he saw a special charm in them.

Narva triumphal gates
After graduating from the Academy of Arts, Klodt, together with other experienced sculptors, designed the Narva Gate, the palace pier of the Admiralteyskaya embankment.

Klodt's horses in front of the Berlin castle
His works adorn both the main gate of the Royal Palace in Berlin and the Royal Palace in Naples. Copies of sculptures are installed in gardens and palace buildings in Russia: in the vicinity of St. Petersburg (near the Orlovsky Palace in Strelna and Peterhof, as well as on the territory of the Golitsyn estate in Kuzminki near Moscow, the Kuzminki-Vlakhernskoye estate).

Golitsyn's estate in Kuzminka X

Evgeny Alexandrovich Lansere (1848-1886)

Russian sculptor-animalist. Just like Klodt, from childhood he chose the topic that he was passionate about all his life - horses.

E. Lansere "Circassian and a woman on a horse"
Lansere was a famous animal painter, he perfectly depicted horses, including in historical subjects. He was a master of plot plastic miniatures, glorified the Russian sculptural school abroad, taking part in world exhibitions in London (1872), Paris (1873), Vienna (1873), Antwerp (1885) and other European cities. His works were cast in many leading factories and in bronze foundries of private firms.

Animalism in graphics

Konstantin Konstantinovich Flerov (1904-1980)

Soviet paleontologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor. Head of the Paleontological Museum. Yu. A. Orlova. An artist-reenactor and animal painter, recreated the appearance of many fossil animals.

He studied at the biological department of Moscow University and at the same time was engaged in drawing and painting. After graduating from the university, he worked for 30 years at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. Participated in many trips and scientific expeditions.
While working at the Darwin Museum in Moscow, Flerov created a series of paintings and sculptures on the basis of biological collections. The knowledge of a professional zoologist and a professional artist allowed him to successfully recreate the appearance of animals from skeletons, create their sculptural images and paint paintings on the themes of the ancient world.

Animalism in photography

With the invention of photography, the possibilities of animal artists have expanded significantly. The world of animals appears in a huge variety of colors, plots and types.
We bring to your attention two wonderful photos of photoanimalists from the site www.rosphoto.com

A. Gudkov "Giraffe and bird"
How much love for animals in this photo and a sense of humor! As well as the ability to "catch the moment."

S. Gorshkov "Fox"
Sergey Gorshkov is the winner of the Golden Turtle competition in the Photographer of the Year category in 2007 and 2011. Winner of the international Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007, was awarded the Russian Photographer of the Year award.
His photograph "The Fox" impresses not only with the technique of execution, but also with psychological depth. Look at the photo: the fox's disposition, her caution, insinuatingness and cunning are brilliantly captured.

"Bumblebee". Photo by V. Akishina

In the visual arts is perhaps the most ancient in history. Our ancestors on the walls of their caves with sharp stones scraped exactly the images of animals. The proof of this is in France.

Many centuries have passed since then. Painting, drawing and sculpture have acquired a rich history, and the animalistic genre - paintings by famous artists are evidence of this - has become less popular. However, despite the emergence of new objects of the image, such as people, architecture, landscapes and much more, animalism has not ceased to be in demand among both artists and art lovers.

Animalistic genre in the visual arts: paintings depicting the animal world

Animalism is the depiction of animals on art objects. This genre is not limited to drawing and painting, but is actively used in a number of other art forms. Many artists and critics consider animalism to be the most universal genre in the world, since animal images are characteristic of people of all eras and cultures.

Images of animals are also characteristic of works of art created in a different genre. For example, Shishkin's famous painting Morning in a Pine Forest. Shishkin is the greatest landscape painter in the history of Russian art, and "Morning in a Pine Forest" is without a doubt a landscape, but with elements of the animalistic genre. It is worth noting that Shishkin did not paint his famous bears, they were made by the animal painter Konstantin Savitsky.

This practice was unusually popular among animalists. For example, Frans Snyders - one of the most famous artists of the animalistic genre - often painted animals in the paintings of Rubens. It is noteworthy that not all artists, even the most famous, could cope with the image of animals and birds.

History of the Animal Genre

The image of animals is the most ancient passion for which did not fade until the Renaissance and the centralization of the focus on man with his classical ideals. It is noteworthy that in the era of classicism, animals were depicted on vases, mosaics and frescoes with enviable regularity.

Our early ancestors, scraping on the stone walls of their rough dwellings, the figures of those animals that were hunted and those from whom they fled, sought to systematize life and the environment, educate their descendants, and pay tribute to nature. It is worth noting that the figures of animals were often depicted in much more detail than the figures of human hunters. This early animalism is commonly referred to as the animal style.

Later, in the culture of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and other regions, it was popular to depict deities in the form of animals or to deify the representatives of the fauna themselves. Thus, images of animals appeared on cult objects, walls of tombs and jewelry.

Oddly enough, the animalistic genre in the visual arts began to take on modern features precisely during the Renaissance - an era when painting was predominantly religious. Although it is worth noting that most genres took shape thanks to the Renaissance.

Animal genre: artists

The first representatives of the animalistic genre in art are the Chinese artist Yi Yuanji (early 11th century), who became famous for depicting monkeys, and the Chinese emperor Xuande from (mid-15th century), who painted monkeys and dogs as a hobby.

In Renaissance Europe, the animalistic genre was developed by one of the greatest representatives of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer. While his contemporaries wrote religious stories, Dürer actively studied flora and fauna; his watercolors, drawings and lithographs show that one of the pillars of Renaissance art was interested in the animalistic genre. The paintings of famous artists of that time rarely deviated from the accepted norms of painting, but even on the canvases of Leonardo and Raphael, although rarely, animals and birds still appear.

The most outstanding and famous animal painter is the Flemish painter Frans Snyders. He is especially famous for his still lifes with hunting trophies.

Animalism in painting

During the Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and subsequent styles, animalism has never been not only a dominant, but even a popular genre. However, talented animal painters could make a decent living by collaborating with other artists such as Frans Snyders.

Aristocrats and the bourgeoisie, especially in England, commissioned images of the leading horses at the races or their favorites. Many portraits of the same Baroque era featured people with pets. In a military portrait, it was necessary to depict the leaders on horseback. Often, many aristocrats preferred to be depicted in portraits in the saddle. The animalistic genre in painting was also popular among the bourgeoisie, especially with images of hunting and caught game.

Animalistic genre in sculpture

Images of animals in sculpture are very popular all over the world. From the Capitoline Wolf and the Lion of Brunswick to the Bronze Horseman and the Berlin Bear, animal sculptures often become symbols of cities and historical events.

Antoine-Louis Bari, who worked in the era of romanticism, stands out especially among animal sculptors. His sculptures are distinguished by the dramatic and energetic character of the romantics. Bari, however, was an extraordinarily talented sculptor who studied in detail the anatomy and plasticity of animals. According to him, the image of an animal in motion requires special observation, because one anatomy is not enough here. Each animal has its own plasticity, manner of movement and characteristic habits that must be captured in order for the image to turn out natural.

Other types of animalism

The animalistic genre has not bypassed photography either. Today, many professional photographers and talented amateurs pay attention to the natural beauty and power of animals. This is especially true against the backdrop of today's environmental problems and the desire of many people and organizations to pay attention to them and prevent possible disasters that threaten us with the loss of beautiful and charming species of animals, such as the Siberian tiger, panda, koala and western gorilla.

The animalistic genre is far from the most popular in the world of painting, since the works are not as in demand as impressionism or romanticism. At the same time, there are quite a few artists who skillfully draw animals and create bright and beautiful paintings. Often, animal painters added animals to the drawings of other artists, as was the case with the famous painting by Shishkin, where Savitsky painted bears.

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So, which animal artists can be noted?

Robert Bateman

Robert has practiced painting birds since childhood, and now he has achieved fame by painting animals and birds in natural settings. Robert's works have taken pride of place in private collections, well-known museums. He appreciates nature and is in organizations for its protection.

Bulgarian artist Karl Brenders

The artist spent a lot of time on training, now he is working on sketches using a pencil, then he completes the work using gouache and watercolor. As a result, each of the works is striking in its realism, they are very close to photographs.

Peter Williams

The artist is self-taught, working as a driver, mentor and computer analyst. He was always engaged in painting in parallel. But already by 2002, Peter began to draw professionally, and by 2010, Wildlife Artist magazine honored him with an award. At the moment, Peter is revered, and his drawings are published in publications.

Terry Isaac - Animalist from America

The artist began with illustrations for children's books, but later became fascinated by the beauty of the wild. He believes that for this direction in drawing it is very important to be able to observe nature and its inhabitants. He was recognized as the best in Florida in 1998, has worked on bird guides, and his work has been exhibited in renowned museums.

Watercolors by Susan Bordet

Painting in watercolor is very difficult, but Susan manages to convey real anatomy, complementing the images with a soft background in the style of impressionism. This technique has developed over two decades of the artist's work. She is actively exhibited, published in the album "The Charm of Nature".

Animalist David Stribble

It is a leader in its field in the UK. Since 1996, he designed a studio in the attic and began to work in earnest. The artist prefers to paint wild nature, most often African expanses and animals are depicted in his works.

Cristina Penescu from Romania

Bright works of the artist are created using the technique of scratching. She makes images using a special base and scratches. Christina did not study, having mastered the technique on her own. For each image, she takes about 1000 strokes on white clay on pressed cardboard. Further, the works are covered with black ink and realistic halftones are created. Some of the paintings are decorated with acrylic paints.

Works by Paul Krapf

The American artist was born in western Pennsylvania. To learn how to reflect nature and animals, he studied painting. First at high school, and later in Pittsburgh, attending the Art Institute. Before fully devoting himself to painting, the artist worked at NASA as a design engineer.

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Type of occupation: Art talk.

Target: expanding students' knowledge about the variety of types and genres of fine arts, as well as acquaintance with outstanding works of this art and great masters.

Tasks:

• Educational:
  • consolidate knowledge about the types and genres of fine arts;
  • to continue work on the development of the ability to distinguish between types and genres of fine arts;
  • to acquaint students with individual genres, the features of their expression in works of fine art (animal genre), to develop students' interest in the works of animal artists;
  • introduce students to the technique of depicting an animal in motion;
• Correction-developing:
  • to correct deficiencies in the sensory development of students;
  • to form the ability to perceive and distinguish the size, shape, position of geometric figures in the image and transmission of the movement of the animal;
  • eliminate the shortcomings in the possession of drawing technique.
• Educational:
  • continue to cultivate a love for the fine arts;
  • contribute to the improvement of the aesthetic culture of pupils;
  • instill a love for animals.

Form of work in class: jointly-individual, group, collective.

Equipment and materials: multimedia equipment (slides of reproductions of paintings, a crossword puzzle), reproductions of paintings, drawings and sculptures by V. Vatagin, poems about the genres of fine arts, musical recordings, a pencil, an album sheet, an eraser.

DURING THE CLASSES

I. Organizational moment

1) Greeting students.

2) Checking the psychological readiness of students for the lesson.

II. Presentation of the topic of the lesson, repetition of previously studied

Teacher. Guys, today we will turn into young artists. Please wear these berets and scarves. Let's look like real artists. Are you ready for the lesson? Sit comfortably and listen carefully to me.

(Knock on the door. They bring in a parcel with a letter.)

Oh, some package and a letter. Let's read the letter.

I have prepared gifts for those children who will actively work in the lesson, will answer the teacher's questions well and correctly. Good luck to you!

Well, guys, let's try to earn Squirrel's gifts. And what is there, we will find out at the end of the lesson.
So, now we will continue to talk with you about the types and genres of fine art.
Since ancient times, with the development of fine arts, its kinds. Let's remember what is view? We have often seen drawings done in pencil or charcoal on paper; paintings painted on canvas, monuments - granite or marble; buildings of temples and museums. As you know, all these are works of fine art of various species.
You and I looked at various pictures in the lessons, guessed crossword puzzles in a laptop, and today we have a large screen in the classroom. And all of us will be very clearly visible to all the pictures and tasks.
Please look at the screen and determine what kind we will attribute the presented image to.

(Slide 1. "Painting") Children's answers: Work done in color, paints, on a plane.
(Slide 2. "Graphics") Children's answers: Work done with lines, strokes, on a plane without paints.

- Now look at the images of various structures, buildings and determine what type they belong to.

(Slide 3. "Architecture") Children's answers: The art of creating buildings, structures, a complex of structures.

(Slide 4. "Sculpture") Children's answers: Work done in volume by carving, sculpting, casting.

- Well done boys! We have remembered kinds fine arts that they studied. And now let's move on to the genres of fine art with which we are familiar.
Let's remember what is genre.

Genre - these are some of the special features inherent in works of art, by which we distinguish one of them from others. And depending on what is shown in the picture, you can determine its genre. In other words, we distinguish genres of paintings by their content.

- Guys, please listen to the poem and guess what genre of fine art we are talking about.

(Slide 7. "Landscape")

If you see in the picture
The river is drawn
Or spruce and white frost,
Or a garden and clouds
Or a snowfield
Or a field and a hut,
scenery. (Picture of nature)

(Slide 8. "Still life")

Let's all read this poem together, pronouncing the words loudly and clearly.

If you see in the picture
A cup of coffee on the table
Or juice in a large decanter,
Or a rose in crystal
Or a bronze vase
Or a pear, or a cake,
Or all items at once,
Know what it is still life. (Image of objects: flowers, game, utensils)

(Slide 9. "Portrait")

If you see what's in the picture
Someone looks at us
Or a prince in an old cloak,
Or like a climber
Pilot or ballerina
Or Kolya, your neighbor,
The picture must be called portrait. (Picture of a person)

(Slide 10. "Battle")

If you see tanks in the picture
They went into battle like an avalanche
Or fast carts
Or in the sea - ships
Or bayonets shimmering with steel,
The infantry is raised into battle -
It is called ... ( battle)
The genre of paintings is always like this. (Depiction of military operations)

(Slide 11. "Historical")

A genre of fine art dedicated to significant events of the past and present. (Image of historical events)

(Slide 12. "Marina")

A genre of fine art that depicts a sea view, as well as a scene of a naval battle or other events taking place at sea. It is a kind of landscape.

(Slide 13. "Household")
If you see in the picture
Everyday human labor
Behind the counter in the store
Or in a sewing workshop,
Factory or school
This forever learn -
The genre of the picture is ... ( domestic)

III. Presentation of new material

– Today at the lesson we will learn about another genre of fine art. This genre is called animalistic. (Slide 14)
How do you understand this word? Maybe you heard it somewhere (children's answers). Do you like to watch TV? Is there cable TV? Do you watch the Animal channel? And who is always shown there? (children's answers) Yes, animals. That's why we called this channel "Animal" i.e. translated from English - animals.
Please listen to the poem. (Slide 15)

If you see in the picture
elephant drawn,
Crocodile, giraffe, gorilla,
Cat, il python,
Or the animals of Argentina,
Ile penguin arctic,
So, the genre of such a picture is
animalistic. (Picture of animals)

Images of animals were found on the walls of caves, in drawings and sculptures of ancient times. Pictures depicting animals are called animalistic , and artists - animalists .
Let's all read this word from the board together.
Animals were depicted in pencil, paint, charcoal, and one of the Russian animal artists was Vasily Vatagin, who was very fond of animals and studied their habits and plasticity all his life, admiring their color, flexible movements, expressiveness of silhouettes.

(Slide 16. V. Vatagin).

Do you know that every animal has its own character? Animals, like people, are brave and cowardly, good and evil.

(Slides 17, 18, 19 with the works of the artist V. Vatagin. Review and discussion.)

- Pay attention to how the artist, right, conveys all the plasticity and expressiveness of the image of the animal with its character (looking at pictures). The nature of the beast is expressed through the movement and shape of the body, swift and flexible or bulky and clumsy (panther, crocodile, bear), graceful or powerful; through proportions: large head, long legs and short paws, arched back, large and small eyes; through expressive details: shaggy and smooth hair, through the shape of the ears, claws, mustaches, eye shine. The artist does not just copy, but emotionally enhances what the character expresses, makes visible what he understood, felt. That is why the artist is attentive to his feelings.

The animal world is majestic and proud. Guys, have you watched the cartoon "Mowgli"? This cartoon was illustrated by the animal artist V. Vatagin. (Slide 20)
Consider the following works of the artist.
In one drawing, the artist V. Vatagin created a stern and formidable image of the beast, and in the other, a sad one.

(Slide 21. V. Vatagin. Panther. Ink. Pen.)

In this drawing, in the image of a formidable panther, the artist managed to express his attitude: he admires her strength, powerful body and decisive character.

(Slide 21. V. Vatagin. Behemoth. Pencil)

And in this drawing, the artist depicted the hippopotamus as slow and clumsy. He managed to draw the animal sad and sad.

- Guys, today we learned about another genre of fine art, where animals are depicted. What is it called? (Answers of children).
- What are the names of artists who depict animals? (Answers of children).

Physical education minute(Slide 22)

- Now we will guess a crossword puzzle and check our knowledge about the types and genres of fine art.

(Crossword "Genres of fine art" on slides)

- Well done boys! We will return to these terms more than once and use them in the classroom and in life.

IV. Actualization of students' knowledge

- Please tell me guys. Do you like animals? Do you have a pet? We have already said that the artist V. Vatagin was very fond of animals and painted only them. Let us also try to draw our favorite animals. We will do the graphic work. And what materials do we need for this? (children's answers).

Take the leaves (1/2 of the landscape sheet), a simple pencil, an eraser and try to draw your favorite animal. Getting started, do not forget about the rules of the image (rules are reminded: do not press the pencil, do not wave the pencil so as not to injure the neighbor).

So, arrange the sheet vertically or horizontally, as you like.

I love a cat. (Slide 23) See how I will draw her. A cat can be affectionate and kind. But if her kittens are in danger, she seems to say with all her appearance: “Do not come near, beware!” (Slide 24, 25)

First we will consider it (We consider a toy cat). Let's compare what geometric shapes the parts of her body look like: head, torso, ears. The head is in the form of a circle, the body is in the form of an oval, the ears are in the form of triangles.

(Pedagogical drawing on the blackboard. The teacher explains the sequence of drawing and shows on the samples)

How should we turn these geometric shapes into a cat and convey the plasticity of a cat? (Answers of children).

With smooth lines, I connect these geometric shapes and finish the necessary details of the animal.

V. Practical work of children

Tasks: make a graphic drawing of your favorite animal using geometric shapes (a simple pencil is used).

Target rounds of the teacher:

1) Checking the organization of the workplace by students.
2) Monitoring the correct execution of work methods.
3) Providing assistance to students experiencing difficulties.
4) Control over the volume and quality of the work performed.

- Well done boys! You all did a very good job today. Tidy up your workspace.

VI. Summary of the lesson

1) Exhibition of student work.

2) Self-analysis of students' activities.

3) Conversation on questions:

- What did you learn at the lesson?
– Were you able to solve the difficult task of depicting an animal using geometric shapes?
Did you have any difficulties at work, how did you overcome them?
- Are you satisfied with your work?
- Which of the presented drawings did you like the most and why?

- Well, I think it's time for us to find out what kind of gifts Squirrel has prepared for us.

Hello young artists!
I have prepared gifts for those children who will actively work in class, answer the teacher's questions well and correctly. Good luck to you!
Best regards Belka"