Art classification

Art mainly includes painting, sculpture, craft, architecture, calligraphy, seal cutting, design, new media and photography, and each category can be divided into several subcategories according to the theme of performance and the theme used.

1. 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 two-dimensional space and express the author's aesthetic feelings through artistic means such as shapes, colors and composition.

2. Sculpture is an art form, which can be carved and shaped with materials to make a three-dimensional image to express thoughts and feelings;

3. Handicrafts refer to products with strong aesthetic value after artistic treatment of daily necessities. Practical arts and crafts are the main body and foundation of the whole arts and crafts, including clothing, food, culture, transportation and use. Practical value is the main value of these arts and crafts, and aesthetic value exists as an auxiliary value.

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Related branches of fine arts:

1, oil painting

Oil painting is the main type of western painting. A painting made of oil-miscible pigments on linen, cardboard or wood. Diluents used in painting are turpentine and dried linseed oil. The pigment attached to the picture has strong hardness and rich colors, which can fully show the color change of the object and is very realistic.

2. Printed matter

Printmaking is an important category of visual arts. The concept of contemporary printmaking mainly refers to the artistic works conceived and created by artists through plate-making and printing procedures, specifically, the pictures carved or etched on pages such as wood, stone, hemp, copper and zinc with knives or chemicals. Printmaking art has been accompanied by the invention and development of printing technology.

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