Art refers to the art that occupies a certain plane or space and has visibility, generally including painting, sculpture, design, architecture and so on. Some modern scholars also classify calligraphy and photography as art.
The word "art" first appeared in Europe in the17th century, and some people think it officially appeared in the middle of18th century. Modern Japanese paraphrased Chinese characters were introduced to China around the May 4th Movement and began to be widely used.
/kloc-When the word "art" was first used in Europe in the 0/7th century, it generally referred to activities with aesthetic significance and their products, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music and dance. Some people think that the word "art" should formally appear in the middle of18th century.
/kloc-after the industrial revolution in the 0/8th century, the scope of fine arts has been expanded, including painting, sculpture and arts and crafts. , architectural art, etc. In the East, it also involves calligraphy and seal cutting. This word began to be widely used in China around the May 4th Movement. In recent decades, European and American countries have not used the word "art" very much, and often use the word "art" to control it.
It mainly includes painting, sculpture, craft, architecture, calligraphy, seal cutting, design, new media and photography. Each category can be divided into several sub-categories according to the theme of performance and the theme used.
Painting is the most important art form in plastic arts. It refers to an art form that uses artistic language such as lines, colors and shapes to create a static visual image in a two-dimensional space (that is, a plane) and express the author's aesthetic feelings through artistic means such as modeling, color and composition. There are many kinds of paintings, which can be divided into different categories from different angles.
Geographically, painting can be divided into oriental painting and western painting; From the perspective of tool materials, painting can be divided into ink painting, oil painting, mural painting, printmaking, watercolor painting, gouache painting and so on. From the subject matter, painting can be divided into figure painting, landscape painting, still life painting and animal painting.