In European academic traditions, fine art is considered a kind of high art and is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied ar
Self-Portrait with Two Circles by Rembrandt, c.1665–1669. Kenwood House, London
The Art of Painting; by Johannes Vermeer; 1666–1668; oil on canvas; 1.3 × 1.1 m; Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
The Tower of Babel; by Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 1563; oil on panel: 1.14 × 1.55 m; Kunsthistorisches Museum
Paris Street; Rainy Day; by Gustave Caillebotte; 1877; oil on canvas; 2.12 × 2.76 m; Art Institute of Chicago (US)
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as pe
Fine art
…dance, which were counted as "among the most ancient and universal." In practice, outside formal education, the concept is typically only applied to the visual arts. The old master print and drawing were included as related forms to painting, just as prose forms of literature were to poetry. Today, the range of…
The Church at Auvers, an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh (1890)
Christiaan Tonnis - Female Warrior No. 14 'Extinction', pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1981
Ancient Chinese engraving of female instrumentalists
The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest printed book (868 CE)