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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1739]
==Definitions==
*1a : [[art]] (as [[painting]], [[sculpture]], or [[music]]) concerned primarily with the creation of [[beautiful]] objects —usually used in plural
:b : objects of fine art
*2: an activity requiring a fine [[skill]]
==Description==
'''Fine art''' or the fine arts, from the 17th century on, denote art forms developed primarily for [[aesthetics]] and/or [[concept]], distinguishing them from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_arts applied arts] that also have to serve some [[practical]] [[function]].
Historically, the five greater fine arts were [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[architecture]], [[music]] and [[poetry]], with minor arts including [[drama]] and [[dancing]]. Today, the fine arts commonly include the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts visual art] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts performing art] forms, such as painting, sculpture, collage, decollage, assemblage, installation, calligraphy, music, dance, theatre, architecture, film, photography, conceptual art, and printmaking. However, in some institutes of [[learning]] or in [[museums]] fine art, and frequently the term fine arts (pl.) as well, are associated exclusively with visual art forms.
One [[definition]] of fine art is "a visual art considered to have been created primarily for [[aesthetic]] [[purposes]] and judged for its [[beauty]] and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture."
The word "fine" does not so much denote the [[quality]] of the artwork in question, but the [[purity]] of the [[discipline]]. This definition tends to exclude visual art forms that could be considered craftwork or applied art, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textiles textiles]. The visual arts has been described as a more inclusive and descriptive phrase for current art [[practice]]. Also, today there is an escalation of [[media]] in which high art is more recognized to occur.
The term is still often used outside of [[the arts]] to denote when someone has [[perfected]] an [[activity]] to a very high level of skill. For example, one might [[metaphorically]] say that "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9 Pelé] took [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(soccer) football] to the level of a fine art."
In that sense, there are [[conceptual]] [[differences]] between the ''Fine Arts'' and the ''Applied Arts''. That distinction is largely the result of an issue raised in Britain by the conflict between the followers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement Arts and Crafts Movement], including [[William Morris]], and the early modernists, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf Virginia Woolf] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsbury_Group Bloomsbury Group]. The former sought to bring [[socialist]] [[principles]] to bear on the arts by including the more commonplace crafts of [[the masses]] within the realm of [[the arts]], while the modernists sought to keep artistic endeavor as exclusive and [[esoteric]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_art]
[[Category: The Arts]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1739]
==Definitions==
*1a : [[art]] (as [[painting]], [[sculpture]], or [[music]]) concerned primarily with the creation of [[beautiful]] objects —usually used in plural
:b : objects of fine art
*2: an activity requiring a fine [[skill]]
==Description==
'''Fine art''' or the fine arts, from the 17th century on, denote art forms developed primarily for [[aesthetics]] and/or [[concept]], distinguishing them from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_arts applied arts] that also have to serve some [[practical]] [[function]].
Historically, the five greater fine arts were [[painting]], [[sculpture]], [[architecture]], [[music]] and [[poetry]], with minor arts including [[drama]] and [[dancing]]. Today, the fine arts commonly include the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts visual art] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts performing art] forms, such as painting, sculpture, collage, decollage, assemblage, installation, calligraphy, music, dance, theatre, architecture, film, photography, conceptual art, and printmaking. However, in some institutes of [[learning]] or in [[museums]] fine art, and frequently the term fine arts (pl.) as well, are associated exclusively with visual art forms.
One [[definition]] of fine art is "a visual art considered to have been created primarily for [[aesthetic]] [[purposes]] and judged for its [[beauty]] and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture."
The word "fine" does not so much denote the [[quality]] of the artwork in question, but the [[purity]] of the [[discipline]]. This definition tends to exclude visual art forms that could be considered craftwork or applied art, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textiles textiles]. The visual arts has been described as a more inclusive and descriptive phrase for current art [[practice]]. Also, today there is an escalation of [[media]] in which high art is more recognized to occur.
The term is still often used outside of [[the arts]] to denote when someone has [[perfected]] an [[activity]] to a very high level of skill. For example, one might [[metaphorically]] say that "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9 Pelé] took [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(soccer) football] to the level of a fine art."
In that sense, there are [[conceptual]] [[differences]] between the ''Fine Arts'' and the ''Applied Arts''. That distinction is largely the result of an issue raised in Britain by the conflict between the followers of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement Arts and Crafts Movement], including [[William Morris]], and the early modernists, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf Virginia Woolf] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsbury_Group Bloomsbury Group]. The former sought to bring [[socialist]] [[principles]] to bear on the arts by including the more commonplace crafts of [[the masses]] within the realm of [[the arts]], while the modernists sought to keep artistic endeavor as exclusive and [[esoteric]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_art]
[[Category: The Arts]]
