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Cityscape Paintings
Cityscape painting is a genre of art that gives viewers a perspective on the city from an elevated viewpoint. The goal is not to document the city with accuracy, but to capture its essence. Artists create cityscape paintings to appreciate rather than analyze cities, which makes them ideal for anyone who wants to see beauty and inspiration in urban areas without having to deal with the grit or attention to detail. There are many reasons why an artist chooses to portray a city or town instead of a natural landscape. Perhaps they are inspired by the architecture, or intrigued by the people who live there. It may also be because they want to record their own personal experience of living in that place before it changes beyond recognition (Dibyendu Ukil’s realistic renditions of Banaras and Kolkata) There are many different types of cityscape paintings, although most will fall into one of these categories: topographical views, Flemish cities, canaletto views and cityscapes with fictional elements. These paintings can be realistic and accurate or abstract with distortion for effect. Even though naturalistic view or impressionist approach is more common when it comes to cityscape art, there are many artists that use cubism, abstract expressionism (M Singh) and surrealism (Manjunath Wali) as their creative medium for portraying cities. The earliest examples are thought to be Babylonian murals, which depicted fantastical buildings and animals. Some artists have used cityscapes with fictional elements as a way of expressing their feelings towards a place. Vincent van Gogh often incorporated fantastical elements into his cityscapes, and they have been suggested to represent his feelings of insecurity while he was living in Paris. Explore other cityscape collections: Mumbai Paintings, Kolkata Paintings, Travel Paintings.
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