fine arts

Examples of fine arts in the following topics:

• Making "Artistic" Photographs

  • Fine art photography is created in accordance with the subjective vision of the artist as photographer.
  • Fine art photography stands in contrast to representational photography, such as photojournalism or commercial photography.
  • Fine art photography, on the other hand, is created in accordance with the subjective vision of the artist as photographer.
  • While some still debate whether photography is an art or a craft, certain organizations such as the Aperture Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art have focused on the establishment of photography as a fine art.
  • Fine art photography is created primarily as an expression of the artist's subjective intent.

• What Does Art Do?

  • Art can function therapeutically as well, an idea that is explored in art therapy.
  • Historically, the fine arts were meant to appeal to the human intellect, though currently there are no true boundaries.
  • Typically, fine art movements have reacted to each other both intellectually and aesthetically throughout the ages.
  • With the introduction of conceptual art and postmodern theory, practically anything can be termed art.
  • In general terms, the fine arts represent an exploration of the human condition and the attempt to experience a deeper understanding of life.

• Photography in the Latter 20th Century

  • In the early 20th century, photography evolved through multiple styles as it became accepted as a legitimate fine art medium.
  • During the 20th century, both fine art photography and documentary photography became accepted by the English-speaking art world and the gallery system.
  • Holland Day, and Edward Weston, spent their lives advocating for photography as a fine art.
  • At first, fine art photographers tried to imitate painting styles, giving rise to Pictorialism, a style that uses soft focus to create a dreamy, 'romantic' look.
  • Beginning around 1963, the term "snapshot aesthetic" made its way into the vocabulary of the fine art photography world.

• Using Art

  • The ways in which we use art depend on the type of art in question.
  • The ways in which we use art depend on the type of art in question.
  • Fine art can be categorized as either motivated or non-motivated.
  • Fine art includes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and some film and new media.
  • Differentiate between motivated and non-motivated art, and between the functions of fine arts, popular art, and decorative arts

• Pop Art

  • Consequently, American artists had to search deeper for dramatic styles that would distance fine art from more well-designed and clever commercial materials.
  • Pop Art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books, and mundane, cultural objects.
  • Robert Rauschenberg also was considered a Neo-Dadaist, and his "Combines" incorporated found objects, printed materials, and urban debris with traditional fine art materials.
  • Lichtenstein's contribution to Pop Art merged popular and mass culture with the techniques of fine art, while injecting humor, irony, and recognizable imagery and content into the final product.
  • Flag by Jasper Johns presents the American flag as subject matter, thus invoking a plethora of associations and juxtapositions between the popular image, symbol, and fine art.

• The Role of the Artist

  • While these categories continue to grow and change, the primary ones are fine art (e.g., drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and some new media), popular culture (e.g., advertising, graffiti, product design, television, and movies), and the decorative arts (e.g., utilitarian objects such as furniture, glassware, ceramics, and all the crafts).
  • With the progression of Western art came the increasing division of the many art forms.
  • The current role of the artist is to create art by whichever means he or she would like to.
  • It is not uncommon for artists, especially those in the fine arts, to supplement their practice with another job, such as teaching, in addition to seeking grants and maintaining a regular cycle of creating and exhibiting works of art.
  • "Young Hare" by Albrecht Durer is an example of art that is realistically rendered.

• Nigerian Art Post-Independence

  • Enwonwu studied Fine Arts under Kenneth C.
  • Enwonwu attended Goldsmith College, London, in 1944, and then continued his studies at Ruskin College, Oxford, England, from 1944 to 1946, and at Ashmolean College and Slade School of Fine Arts, Oxford, 1946–48, graduating with first-class honors.
  • Before being admitted to the Fine Arts program at Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology in 1958, Okeke—together with Yusuf Grillo, Bruce Onobrakpeya, Demas Nwoko, and others—inaugurated the Zaria Art Society.
  • In the early 1970s, Okeke was appointed lecturer and acting head of the Fine Arts Department at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he introduced many new courses into the Igbo Uli art tradition.
  • In 1973, he also designed the first course programme of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, and initiated postgraduate courses in the Department of Fine Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

• Process Art

  • Process art is concerned with actual creation and how actions can be defined as art, seeing the expression of the artistic process as more significant than the art that is created by the process.
  • Process art often focuses on motivation, intent, and the rationale, with art viewed as a creative journey or process rather than needing to lead to a traditional fine art object destination.
  • The process art movement began in the U.S. and Europe in the mid-1960s.
  • Change, transience, and embracing serendipity are themes in process art.
  • Like the live immediacy of performance art, process art is focused on the creative journey instead of a traditional fine art destination.

• Who Is an Artist?

  • The Greek word "techne" is the closest that exists to "art" and means "mastery of any art or craft."
  • The European academies of the 16th century formally solidified the gap between the fine and the applied arts, which exists in varying degrees to this day.
  • Generally speaking, the applied arts apply design and aesthetics to objects of everyday use, while the fine arts serve as intellectual stimulation.
  • After the exhibition during the Pop Art movement of Andy Warhol's Brillo Box and Campbell's Soup Cans, the questions of "what is art?"
  • Anything can, in fact, be art, and the term remains constantly evolving.

• Art Nouveau

  • Art Nouveau is an international style of art (especially the decorative arts) and architecture that was most popular from 1890–1910.
  • Art Nouveau is an international style of art and architecture that was most popular from 1890–1910 AD.
  • The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art".
  • Maison de l'Art Nouveau was the name of the gallery initiated during 1895 by the German art dealer Samuel Bing in Paris that featured exclusively modern art.
  • Artists thus desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.