Liquid crystal device and electronic instrument

A liquid crystal device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate;
• and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy, wherein the first substrate includes multiple scan lines, multiple data lines extending in a direction that intersects with a direction in which the scan lines extend, multiple pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix in correspondence with intersections of the scan lines and the data lines, multiple liquid crystal alignment control electrodes configured to control azimuth angle directions of major axes of the liquid crystal molecules when a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, and an alignment film provided on a side of the first substrate that is a side in contact with the liquid crystal layer, and configured to impart a pretilt angle to the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal alignment control electrodes are configured to generate an electric field acting in a direction opposite a direction in which the liquid crystal molecules are rotated to be oriented in an azimuth angle direction when voltages different from each other are applied to two of the pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other.