Genre painting

Japanese: genre painting(英語表記)genrepainting
Genre painting

…In English, it is called genre painting, in French it is called peinture de genre, and in German it is called Genremalerei, Sittenbild. Genre painting, as generally defined in modern art criticism, is painting that has as its subject the real daily life (family life, work, and recreation) of people of any social class, occupation, or age, and that depicts the lives of anonymous people rather than specific individuals. …

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "genre painting" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…英語でgenre painting,フランス語でpeinture de genre,ドイツ語でGenremalerei,Sittenbildという。近代の美術批評で一般に定義する風俗画とは,いかなる社会階層,職業であれ,また人間の年齢にも関係なく,彼らの現実の日常生活(家庭生活,労働やレクリエーション)を主題とする絵画,しかも特定個人ではなく無名の人々の生活を表した絵画である。…

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