Genre

A genre is a division of a particular form of art according to criteria particular to that form. In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions.

"Hierarchy of Genres"

In the field of painting, there exists a "hierarchy of genres" associated with the Académie française which once held a central role in academic art. These genres in hierarchical order are:

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Painting - Hierarchy of genres - Académie française - Academic art

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• History painting
• Genre painting
• Portrait painting
• Landscape painting
• Still life painting

These categories played an important role between the 17th century and the modern era, when painters and critics began to rebel against the many rules of the Académie française, including the Académie's preference for history painting.

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17th century - Painters - Critics

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