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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;

Theory of painting

Aesthetics appears to be the general theory of all art. It comes through all history of humankind and serves to describe the theoretical part of every art trend. It was founded by Aristotle in Ancient Greece and has been developing since that time. Plato, for example, was rather negative about painters. He claimed that painting cannot reveal the truth and equaled it to any kind of manual labour. By the time of the Renaissance, painting became much more realistic displaying not only Biblical scenes but social engagements as well. It was Da Vimci who was one of the first who expressed positive attitude towards Fine Arts.

In the eighteenth century (the Age of Reason and Rationalism), the painting was seen as one of three "romantic" and "frivolous" arts, along with Poetry and Music. However, during the Age of Romanticism, the overall meaning of painting is completely acknowledged and endowed with all "rights".

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

At the same time, a specific direction of painting, that is iconography starts to be scientifically investigated and fully appraised at the time.

What's more, art historians turn their attention to painting and elaborate historical structure of it.

By the middle of the 19th century, the theory is painting is created.

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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;