Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Top genres

This is an overview of the top genres (by number of paintings) of the sum of all paintings. See also the genre documentation.

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Genre	description	count
portrait	artistic representation of one or more persons	110812
religious art	genre of art that is religious in theme	72740
landscape painting	depiction of landscapes in painting	49690
still life	art genre mostly showing inanimate objects	18444
genre art	art genre that depicts scenes from everyday life	16067
marine art	form of figurative art that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea	7915
mythological painting	genre in painting based on stories of Ovid, Aesop's fables, plays, or other popular myths	7718
fan painting	painting on a fan	6817
self-portrait	representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist	6679
cityscape	art genre depicting the urban landscape	4215
history painting	genre in painting defined by historical matter (see also religious painting and mythological painting)	3797
allegory	pictorial representation of a figure to represent an idea or institution	3795
animal art	artistic theme of reproducing animals in art	2935
nude	art genre for works that have as their primary subject the unclothed human body	2063
abstract art	art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world	1275
ink and color painting	type of painting in Asian art	985
miniature	very small painting	967
floral painting	genre in painting	950
architectural painting	painting genre	711
group portrait	portrait of more than one person	635
church interior	genre in painting	575
interior view	genre of painting	502
figure painting	genre of painting	484
ink wash painting	painting technique	440
Veduta	genre of large-scale paintings or prints of a cityscape or other vista	425
family portrait	art genre; group portrait of a family	402
equestrian portrait	art work that shows the subject on horseback	351
double portrait	portrait of two people	254
architectural view	genre of painting	205
battle painting	genre of painting, battle scene	187
capriccio	architectural fantasy in painting	166
historiated portrait	portrait painting in theatrical costume; usually only the faces are the portrait and the rest is fantasized	145
military art	works of art on military themes	133
figurative art	art that depicts real object sources	119
vanitas	genre of symbolic work of art	114
tronie	type of artwork showing an exaggerated face or character in costume	104
schutterstuk	Dutch civic guard group portrait	80
naïve art	art movement	70
trompe-l'œil	art technique of illusory tridimensionality	69
fruit painting	genre in art; for main subject, use fruit	68
Pahari painting	form of Indian painting	60
heraldic art	art genre	58
Multiple-Figure Composition	art genre featuring composition with multiple figures	56
poster art		53
folk art	art produced by artisans trained in a relevant skill working within a local client economy	52
nocturne	term in painting	52
lunar art	genre of painting set on or depcting Earth's Moon	49
Deccan painting	form of miniature painting	49
public art	genre of art that is created to be in a public space	47
Miniature painting	genre of painting	47
pastoral	art genre	45
idyll	short rustic poem	44
pronk still life	genre in food still life painting; may have tablecloth or curtain; may include rare fruits, fish, silver beaker, gilt ewer, etc., often stacked up to one side	40
catafalque portrait	portrait of a dead person on a bier, sometimes the deathbed is the bier, but not always	39
Mughal painting	particular style of South Asian painting confined to miniatures	39
Regents group portrait	group portrait of regents of an organisation (usually a Dutch charity)	37
Chinese painting	artistic tradition	36
modern art	artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s	34
ukiyo-e	Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes, landscapes, flora, fauna, and erotica	33
Rajput painting	art style that evolved in the courts of Rajputana in India	30
byōbu-e	picture drawn on a Japanese folding screen	29
ink and light color painting	type of painting in Asian art	29
Orientalism	imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures	25
inverted still-life		24
erotic art	artistic work that deals substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter	23
portrait at bust length	pictorial or photographic representation of the upper part (head, neck, and a variable portion of chest and shoulders) of the human figure	22
hunting	artistic theme	19
profile	orientation to the side, in a two-dimensional depiction	18
Haerlempjes	type of painting that includes a view of Haarlem	18
Orientalist painting	painting movement	18
Western art	art genre focusing on the American west	18
mythological art	art that is mythological in theme	17
nikuhitsu-ga	Japanese paintings in ukiyo-e style	16
overdoor	relief, panel or painting above a doorway	15
sport art	art genre	15
shan shui	art genre to draw landscapes	15
winter landscape	artistic theme	15
Kangra painting	Indian pictorial art form related to Himachal Pradesh	15
satire	literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody	14
coffin portrait	portrait of the deceased used to decorate a coffin during a funeral service	13
study	practice artworks done as technical research for later finished pieces or series	13
academic art	style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art	12
laid table	type of still life painting; generally includes a tablecloth	12
cave painting	paintings found on cave walls and ceilings	12
caricature	rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way	12
conversation piece	painting genre	11
astronomical art	aspect of space art devoted to visualizing the wonders of outer space	11
ornament	decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object	11
Fête galante	category of painting created to describe Antoine Watteau's variations on the theme of the fête champêtre	10
art gallery painting	painting which depicts an art collection	10
Dutch School	Art movement	10
realism	artistic style of representing subjects realistically	9
Nihonga	paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions	9
Expressionism	modernist art movement	8
graffiti	genre of writing or drawing etched, scratched, scribbled, or sprayed (often, but not always illicitly) on a wall or other surface in a public place	8
Ragamala painting	form of Indian miniature painting	8
statue	sculpture primarily conceived as a representational figure	8
pop art	art movement	7
donor portrait	portrait in a larger work showing the person who commissioned and paid for the image	7
magic realism	style of literary fiction and art	7
Japanese art	art from Japan	7
chinoiserie	European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music	7
Christian painting	religious painting	7
Rakuchū Rakugai zu		7
nishiki-e	Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing	7
Crowned nuns	Mexican colonial portraits	7
Buddhist painting	painting used in the worship and rituals of Esoteric Buddhism	6
action painting	style of painting	6
fantastic art	type of art that explores fantasy and imagination	6
fantasy art	art genre	6
street art	art that is public and temporary in public spaces	6
bijin-ga	Japanese art genre	6
French School		6
commercial art	art created for commercial purposes	6
neoclassicism	Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome	6
photorealism	art genre and movement	6
outsider art	art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts	6

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