That painting is pretty ... I tend to like impressionism and islamic art the most too, despite my limited knowledge of art. I love intricate, intricate miniature paintings from the Ottoman era. By the way, the BBC has a similar test http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/art/
In general, scenes of women's life appeal more to me than anything else Although this, in the light of economic history, may go toward explaining why my result was Impressionism. The 19th century was the era of the bourgeoisie coming into its own. In previous centuries, art had depended on either the nobility or the Church as its patrons. In the 19th century, art began to be made for sale in the public marketplace to newly wealthy commoners, and this increased the scenes depicted of domestic life and the lives of ordinary women in naturalistic settings, rather than stiffly posed noblewomen or saints. And figurative painting was still current during Impressionism; it began to be radically altered during Cubism and disappeared in Abstract art. This alone is enough to account for my result of Impressionism, based on the criterion of preferring to see real women, ordinary women. Ukiyo-e is also a good place to find them. Islamic art, too, depending on the time and place, is sometimes likely to depict women's lives, at least, there were a
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Although this, in the light of economic history, may go toward explaining why my result was Impressionism. The 19th century was the era of the bourgeoisie coming into its own. In previous centuries, art had depended on either the nobility or the Church as its patrons. In the 19th century, art began to be made for sale in the public marketplace to newly wealthy commoners, and this increased the scenes depicted of domestic life and the lives of ordinary women in naturalistic settings, rather than stiffly posed noblewomen or saints. And figurative painting was still current during Impressionism; it began to be radically altered during Cubism and disappeared in Abstract art. This alone is enough to account for my result of Impressionism, based on the criterion of preferring to see real women, ordinary women. Ukiyo-e is also a good place to find them. Islamic art, too, depending on the time and place, is sometimes likely to depict women's lives, at least, there were a ( ... )
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