Fine Art- Where the head, the hand and the heart go together

If you are trying to create something to express yourself you are exploring a fundamental idea connected to fine art. In main terms, fine art is something created for aesthetic or intellectual value rather than utilitarian or practical purpose.

Fine art involves creative expression, and it doesn't have to be beautiful. It might convey an idea or an emotion or explore social commentary. The concept of ''art for art's sake,'' originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the rise of abstract art - art that exists for its own purpose.

There is a difference between fine art and decorative arts or crafts, like glass, ceramics, and textiles, that have a utilitarian or applied purpose. Decorative arts and crafts tend to be functional. However aesthetically striking a finely woven carpet from Asia might be, it serves a basic purpose as a floor covering.

Some people argue that anything made on commission or for a client isn't fine art, but the nature of art and artists has changed over time. Famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were commissioned, and few people would argue that the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel isn't fine art.

Historically, the five main fine arts were painting, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, with performing arts including theatre and dance.

Today, the fine arts commonly include additional forms, such as film, photography, video editing, video production, design, craft, conceptual art and print making.

Fine Art Include-

Drawing -

In fine art, the term "drawing" may be defined as the linear realisation of visual objects, concepts, emotions, and fantasies, including symbols and even abstract forms. Drawing is a graphic art which is characterised by an emphasis on form or shape, rather than mass and color as in painting. Mediums of drawing are -

• Pencil

• Charcoal

• Pastel

• Pen and ink

• Book illustration

• Caricature

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. The final work is also called a painting. Mediums of painting are:

• Tempera painting

• Oil painting

• Acrylic painting

• Watercolour painting

• Ink and wash

• Gouache

Sculpture

The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster. Types of sculpture medium

• Wood carving

• Bronze

• Stone

Other forms of fine art are -

• Printmaking 

• Engraving

• Woodcuts

• Lithography

• Etching

• Silkscreen printing

Movements/Periods of Fine Art

Here is a short chronological list of the major schools of fine art:

• Romanesque Art (Carolingian, Ottonian) (c.775-1050) • Gothic (c.1150-1280) • International Gothic Style (c.1300-1500) • Early Renaissance (c.1400-90) • High Renaissance (c.1490-1530) • Mannerism (c.1530-1600) • Northern Renaissance (c.1400-1530) • Baroque (c.1600-1700) • Rococo (c.1700-50) • Neoclassical (c.1750-1815) • Romanticism Movement (Flourished c.1790-1830) • English School of Landscape (18th & 19th Century) • English School of Figurative Painting (18th & 19th Century) • French Realism (c.1845 onwards) • Impressionism (c.1870-80) • Post Impressionism (1885 on) (Pointillism, Intimisme, Cloisonism, Primitivism) • Fauvism (c.1900-10) • Expressionism (c.1900 onwards) • Cubism (c.1908-12) • Dada (c.1916-24) • Surrealism (1924 onwards) • Abstract Expressionism (1945-60) • Op-Art (c.1958-70) • Pop Art (c.1958-73) • Minimalism (1960s, 70s) • Photorealism (1960s, 70s)

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