There are several categories of art
From a broad perspective, art can be roughly divided into two types: ornamental art and practical art.
In terms of ornamental art, it mainly includes two categories: painting and sculpture. Painting, due to the different materials and tools it uses, can be divided into Chinese painting, oil painting, watercolor painting, gouache painting, printmaking, sketching and other types of painting. Sculptures also come in various forms such as round sculptures and reliefs, and the materials used include stone, wood, clay, plaster, bronze, etc.
Practical arts also include two major categories: arts and crafts and architecture. Although there are different views on the concept of arts and crafts in China and abroad, generally speaking, arts and crafts includes three parts: traditional handicrafts, modern industrial art and commercial art.
Traditional handicrafts such as jade carvings, ivory carvings, lacquerware, metal crafts, etc.; modern industrial art (or "industrial design") includes all applications that are designed to meet the people's growing material and spiritual life needs. Beautiful daily necessities (such as floral fabrics, ceramics, glassware, furniture, carpets, household appliances, etc.), etc.
The reason why architecture also belongs to the scope of fine arts is determined by the dual nature of technology, science and art contained in the architecture itself. Any building always stands on the ground as a material structure with a certain spatial shape, so there must be a question of whether the shape is beautiful. In this sense, architecture, like sculpture, is a very specific plastic art.
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In the past, from fine art works to art appreciation, most of them used simple and direct communication methods. The significance of communication did not attract people's attention. This was mainly due to productivity. The limitations of the level of education and science and technology have resulted in backward communication functions and have failed to have a greater impact on artistic activities.
In the past century, especially in recent decades, the rapid development of world science and technology has had a huge impact on artistic activities. The development of high-tech technologies such as electronic technology, satellite technology, and computer technology, as well as their widespread application in the field of culture and art, have made significant progress in the methods and functions of art communication.
It not only makes film and television art the most popular art style today, but also affects many of its forms of expression and communication methods to other art styles, fully embodying the superior functions of video technology.
Art communication has shown an increasingly important role and status in the field of contemporary art activities, regarding the form, scale, speed, cycle, and proliferation of artworks, as well as the acceptance of recipients. Style, appreciation, etc., all have a great impact.
The acceptance of art, including the consumption, appreciation and criticism of art, is the end point of artistic activities and the fundamental way for the ultimate realization of the intrinsic value of artists and works of art. The appreciation and criticism activities of art recipients have a strong subjective significance. It is not only the aesthetic recognition, interpretation and creation of art works, but also the spiritual communication and dialogue with artists.
Art reception can also provide spiritual feedback to artists and even the object world, thereby realizing the connection between artistic activities and social activities, integrating artistic activities into the grand system of human social activities, and exerting power within it role.
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