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	138109
religious art	genre of art that is religious in theme	76052
landscape painting	depiction of landscapes in painting	50849
still life	art genre mostly showing inanimate objects	24281
genre art	art genre that depicts scenes from everyday life	16868
self-portrait	representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist	8424
marine art	form of figurative art that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea	8240
mythological painting	genre in painting based on stories of Ovid, Aesop's fables, plays, or other popular myths	8068
fan painting	painting on a fan	6817
cityscape	art genre depicting the urban landscape	4401
history painting	genre in painting defined by historical matter (see also religious painting and mythological painting)	4155
allegory	pictorial representation of a figure to represent an idea or institution	3938
nude	art genre for works that have as their primary subject the unclothed human body	3254
animal art	artistic theme of reproducing animals in art	3135
abstract art	art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world	1372
miniature	very small painting	1141
floral painting	genre in painting	1021
ink and color painting	type of painting in Asian art	987
group portrait	portrait of more than one person	728
architectural painting	painting genre	709
church interior	genre in painting	631
interior view	genre of painting	553
Veduta	genre of large-scale paintings or prints of a cityscape or other vista	529
family portrait	art genre; group portrait of a family	524
figure painting	genre of painting	520
ink wash painting	painting technique	441
double portrait	portrait of two people	440
equestrian portrait	art work that shows the subject on horseback	377
architectural view	genre of painting	206
battle painting	genre of painting, battle scene	205
historiated portrait	portrait painting in theatrical costume; usually only the faces are the portrait and the rest is fantasized	184
capriccio	architectural fantasy in painting	178
military art	works of art on military themes	142
figurative art	art that depicts real object sources	126
vanitas	genre of symbolic work of art	121
tronie	type of artwork showing an exaggerated face or character in costume	106
schutterstuk	Dutch civic guard group portrait	80
fruit painting	genre in art; for main subject, use fruit	71
naïve art	art movement	70
trompe-l'œil	art technique of illusory tridimensionality	70
nocturne	term in painting	64
Pahari painting	form of Indian painting	60
public art	genre of art that is created to be in a public space	59
heraldic art	art genre	58
Multiple-Figure Composition	art genre featuring composition with multiple figures	58
poster art		53
pastoral	art genre	52
folk art	art produced by artisans trained in a relevant skill working within a local client economy	52
Wu School	school of Chinese painting	52
lunar art	genre of painting set on or depcting Earth's Moon	49
Deccan painting	form of miniature painting	49
Miniature painting	genre of painting	48
idyll	short rustic poem	47
erotic art	artistic work that deals substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter	47
catafalque portrait	portrait of a dead person on a bier, sometimes the deathbed is the bier, but not always	41
Regents group portrait	group portrait of regents of an organisation (usually a Dutch charity)	40
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
Mughal painting	particular style of South Asian painting confined to miniatures	39
院体画	particular painting style	38
Chinese painting	artistic tradition	36
modern art	artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s	35
扬州画派		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
byōbu-e	picture drawn on a Japanese folding screen	32
Christian painting	religious painting	32
Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty	group of four famous Chinese painters of the Ming dynasty	32
Six Masters of the early Qing period	17th and 18th century Chinese artists	32
Orientalism	imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern and East Asian cultures	31
Shanghai School	artistic movement in 19th century Shanghai	31
Rajput painting	art style that evolved in the courts of Rajputana in India	30
ink and light color painting	type of painting in Asian art	29
Four Wangs	four Chinese landscape painters in the 17th century, all with the surname Wang	26
inverted still-life		24
sport art	art genre	23
Four Monks	group of four Chinese monk-artists	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
profile	orientation to the side, in a two-dimensional depiction	19
hunting	artistic theme	19
Crowned nuns	Mexican colonial portraits	19
Haerlempjes	type of painting that includes a view of Haarlem	18
Orientalist painting	painting movement	18
winter landscape	artistic theme	18
Western art	art genre focusing on the American west	18
mythological art	art that is mythological in theme	18
realism	artistic style of representing subjects realistically	17
shan shui	style of traditional Chinese painting with brush and ink that involves or depicts scenery or natural landscapes	16
nikuhitsu-ga	Japanese paintings in ukiyo-e style	16
street scene	in the arts, depictions of people and activity on urban streets	16
academic art	style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art	16
Хуатинская (Сунцзянская) школа		16
overdoor	relief, panel or painting above a doorway	15
art gallery painting	genre of painting which depicts an art collection	15
Kangra painting	Indian pictorial art form related to Himachal Pradesh	15
coffin portrait	portrait of the deceased used to decorate a coffin during a funeral service	14
Interior Painting	painting genre	14
娄东画派		14
satire	literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody	13
Nihonga	paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions	13
study	practice artworks done as technical research for later finished pieces or series	13
Fête galante	category of painting created to describe Antoine Watteau's variations on the theme of the fête champêtre	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
金陵画派		12
海派四杰		12
Expressionism	modernist art movement	11
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
Nine Friends of Painting	Chinese canon of painters	11
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	10
Dutch School	Art movement	10
donor portrait	portrait in a larger work showing the person who commissioned and paid for the image	9
justice panel	genre of painting	9
Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty	term describe the four Chinese painters	9
黄山画派		9
Yushan School	art movement initiated by Wang Hui	9
南陈北崔		9
四任		9
Japanese art	art from Japan	8
contemporary art	art produced from the 1940s to the present	8
documentary painting	kind of painting	8
Ragamala painting	form of Indian miniature painting	8
statue	sculpture primarily conceived as a representational figure	8
Xin'an School		8
Surrealism	international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s	7
pop art	art movement	7
fantastic art	type of art that explores fantasy and imagination	7
action painting	style of painting	7
magic realism	style of literary fiction and art	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
Rakuchū Rakugai zu		7
Costumbrismo	art movement	7
bijin-ga	Japanese art genre	7
Art of Manichaeism	Visual art forms associated with Manichaeism	7
nishiki-e	Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing	7
photorealism	art genre and movement	7
outsider art	art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts	7
portrait painting	genre of painting; field of work for painters	7
Zhe school	painters of Southern School, which thrived during Ming dynasty of China	7
Naturalism	art movement	6
atelier scene		6
nude self-portrait		6
Buddhist painting	painting used in the worship and rituals of Esoteric Buddhism	6
pointillism	technique of painting with small, distinct dots	6
conceptual art	contemporary art movement	6
Troubadour style	French historical painting of the early 19th century with idealised depictions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance	6
street art	art that is public and temporary in public spaces	6
French School		6
commercial art	art created for commercial purposes	6
Neoclassicism	Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome	6
青藤白阳		6

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