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Art plays an important role in our life. It aids the people`s understanding of their culture. No doubt tastes should be developed through images of high artistic culture, whereas works of popular culture as a rule meet consumer`s tastes.

There are many styles of painting in art: a portrait, a still life, a landscape, a seascape and etc.

• Abstract Art

Strictly speaking, abstract artworks derive from non-natural subjects such as geometric shapes, although wider definitions embrace all non-representational works. Types of geometric abstraction are also called concrete art, or more confusingly non-objective art. Both these terms mean the same.

• Representational Art

This describes images that are clearly recognizable for what they purport to be. By contrast, abstract art consists of pictures that lack any clear identity, and must therefore be interpreted by the viewer.

• Figure Drawing and Figure Painting

Including representational drawing from life.

• History Painting

Derived from the Italian word "istoria" (meaning, "narrative"), history painting - exemplified by Leonardo Davinci's work The Last Supper - tells noble stories or carries uplifting messages, and was considered to be No 1 in the Hierarchy of Painting Genres.

• Portrait Art

Embracing individual, group or self-portraits, this genre - exemplified by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) - was considered to be No 2 in the Hierarchy of Painting Genres.

• Genre Painting

Championed by 17th century Dutch Realists, such as Jan Vermeer (1632-75), this category of "everyday scenes" was seen as No 3 in the Hierarchy of Painting Genres.

• Landscape Painting

Comprising scenic views in which nature takes primacy over human figures, this was rated No 4 in the Hierarchy of Painting Genres.

• Still Life Painting

This genre typically comprised an arrangement of objects (flowers, kitchen utensils etc.) laid out on a table. Because they were devoid of human representation, still lifes were regarded as the least important type of painting.

Art is not only painting, but also theater, cinema, architecture and much more. Art is something that makes a person in perfection better than all or many. Art is the object of worship and the causes of indignation. The art is ephemeral and not permanent.

I`d like to add that an artist can become famous overnight and die forgotten and penniless.