- Elements
- Technique
- Support
- Line or drawing
- Modeling
- Perspective
- Color
- Light
- Composition
- Examples of pictorial works
- References
The term pictorial work refers to a painting, a work of art, regardless of the support on which it was captured. There are different branches within what is considered pictorial work, such as portraits, murals or frescoes, something that we will see later.
The term pictorial has its origin in the Latin "picto", which can be translated into Spanish as painter. Hence, when we speak of a pictorial work we refer to a painting.
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This is also how the Royal Spanish Academy describes it, placing pictorial within the group of adjectives and also pointing out that it can be used to indicate that something is suitable to be represented in painting.
A pictorial work belongs to the group of major works, as are literature, sculpture and architecture. In turn, within the paintings there are "masterpieces", so called because they are pieces of true admiration, beyond the technique used.
Elements
These are the items that make a pictorial work.
Technique
It is with which the work is composed. It can be wet (oil or watercolor), dry (in which pencils, crayons or chalks are used), or mixed (combining the two mentioned).
Support
About where to paint. This in turn is subdivided into material, it can be a table, canvas or stone; shape, circular, rectangular, triangular or square; and size.
Line or drawing
It is the preparatory part, prior to the work and identifies the forms.
Modeling
It is the representation of volume through games of tones that create an optical illusion. For example, the parts that stand out the most are represented with lighter colors, while the farthest ones, with dark tones.
Perspective
It is used to represent depth giving notion of space. There are different types: knight, linear, fumed, atmospheric or aerial.
Color
It is what gives the painting emotion through the primary colors (yellow, red and blue) and secondary (green, violet and orange). The rest are called complementary. White is the absence of color and black, of light.
Light
Its representation is an illusion and can emulate the natural or artificial.
Composition
It is how all the plastic media that make up the pictorial work are ordered and it can be based on shapes, light or color.
Examples of pictorial works
The most emblematic of the pictorial works is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is currently exhibited in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
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Another work by the Italian genius that is on everyone's lips these days is Salvator Mundi. It is full of curious edges. On the one hand, it was discovered recently, more precisely in 2005.
Then, on November 15, 2017, it was auctioned by the specialized house Christie's, whose sum paid was exorbitant: 450,312,500 dollars, which made it the most expensive work of all time.
Finally, this authentic historical gem is unknown where it is. It was to be exhibited at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, but nobody knows what became of it.
Another of the most famous works in the world is "Night of the stars" and its author is Vincent Van Gogh, who painted it in 1889. The artist used damp oil and fine brushes for the work.
It is currently exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is characterized by a style that emulates the movement of the sky.
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Another example of pictorial art are cave paintings, which are drawings or sketches that exist mostly in caves or caves.
The oldest representations date back to 35,000 years old and their conservation to this day was possible thanks to the fact that they were reflected on the interior walls of caves for the most part. These supports, such as stones or marbles (something that was given later) are called lithic.
The colors that were used were generally two, which varied between shades of black, yellow, red and ocher and whose origin was of course natural, like charcoal.
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References
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- Salvador Munti. (2019). «Salvador Munti: the mysterious disappearance of the painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci valued at US $ 450 million. Recovered from: bbcmundo.com
- Mauro Matteini. (2008). "Chemistry in restoration: the materials of pictorial art". Recovered from books.google.bg
- José Manuel Schmill. (1991). «The Pictorial Work». Recovered from: books.google.bg
- Red Mercedes. (2018). The documentary value of a pictorial work. Recovered from: lanuevacronica.com