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According to most of official interpretations painting is a way of laying paint or pigment on all possible kinds of the surface, including canvas, paper, glass, walls, clay and so on. Traditionally, a central object or a group of objects and correspondingly the central spot are considered to be the most essential idea of any picture;

Colour is highly subjective, but it is connected with psychological associations every person has in his mind. In other words, everyone of us has his own associations with this or that colour and as every colour has a wide range of variations (pigments), painters has a tremendous set of tinctures he is free to apply to;

Ancient Painting

Ancient Greek and European art is regarded as the best art that gave birth to all modern European art. The best painters, sculptors and architects created the things entire mankind admires nowadays. One of the best examples is Parthenon which being the greatest Greek example of architecture presents a lot of drawings and pictures engraved on its walls. In the same way as Egyptian and all other Ancient art trends, the Ancient Greek painting demonstrated the most burning questions people had to deal with, including scenes from battles, mythological plots, diseases, local conflicts and so on. In general, painting was one of the most popular forms of self-expression as there were no Mass Media or transport we have present days. Anyway, people were social beings and were keen on self-expression and communication even at those long-ago times.

The earliest examples of the Ancient Greek and Roman painting are found on pottery and ceramics. These "jugs" convey the spirit and jist of those societies. Unfortunately, there were found no examples of Ancient Greek panel painting survival. However, we have the later examples of Roman pictures carpened on the wood. There are only several Greek names of the artists that survived to our days with no surviving examples unfortunately. Still, the recollections left by their contemporaries are shocking. They are Apelles, Zeuxis and Parrhasius.

The Roman painting has several unique traits. The only preserved Roman paintings are wall paintings. They can be grouped into 4 "trends" that contain the first examples of trompe-l'oeil, pseudo-perspective, and amazing landscape. They are not so picturesque as Greek ones, but prove to be more realistic and impressive.

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Painting existed in the most primitive society satisfying its most basic spiritual needs. Still, the meaning of these drawings is unknown up to this time. As the caves were not inhabited, they served for seasonal rituals. One more possible meaning of paintings was their magic use;

In a classical way, Indian painting developed from the religious idols and gods of two main Indian religions: Buddhism and Hinduism. So, the painting is mainly concentrated on the depiction of religious scenes and procedures. Historically, there emerged six main art schools that have been developing from the earliest times;

The first painters who expressed their views on the painting and formed the theoretical fundamentals of modern painting were Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Kandinsky asserted that painting has a spiritual value, comparing prime colours with certain psychological associations;