High culture
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In a society, high culture encompasses cultural objects of aesthetic value that a society collectively highly esteems. It can include works of art, history, and philosophy that a society considers res
The Creation of Adam, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling – an example of high culture
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece
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A painting by Ming Dynasty artist Chen Hongshou showing a scholar-gentleman (literai) with a guqin, a Chinese musical instrument
Fine art
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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
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…West this tradition began in Ancient Greece, was reinforced in the Renaissance, and by Romanticism, which eliminated the hierarchy of genres within the fine arts, which was established in the Renaissance. In China there was a distinction between the literati painting by the scholar-officials and the work produced…
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)