What are the main types of art?

Types

There are many types of painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, music, dance, literature, drama, movies, and game art. According to different classification standards, art can be divided into Here are some types:

According to the way artistic images exist, they can be divided into time art, space art and space-time art. Art is a kind of spatial art.

According to the aesthetic method of artistic image, it can be divided into auditory art, visual art and audio-visual art. Fine art is a visual art.

According to the materialized form of art, art can be divided into dynamic art and static art. Fine art is primarily a static art.

According to the aesthetic principles of art classification, it can be divided into practical arts, plastic arts, performing arts, language arts and comprehensive arts. Fine art is a plastic art.

According to the expression method of artistic image, it can be divided into expressive art and representational art. There are both expressive and reproducible elements in art.

According to the expression method of artistic behavior, it can be divided into performance art, body art, language, expression, etc.

From the perspective of media, artistic images can be roughly divided into visual images (paintings, sculptures) and other plastic arts), auditory imagery (music art), mental imagery (literary art) and audio-visual imagery (film, television art), etc.

About the difference between art and fine art

In Chinese descriptions, art and fine art are often equated, and disputes often arise in Taiwan’s education circles, often resulting in related art categories. student confusion. Generally speaking, art is a broad and broad concept, while art is a narrow concept and is only one of the forms of artistic expression. For example, "painting", "sculpture", "architecture", "literature", "music", "drama", "dance", "photography", "film", etc. are all categories of art classification.

The so-called "art" generally refers to visual plastic arts with "painting" and "sculpture" as the core.

Controversies often arise about the Chinese-English translation of art and fine art. Generally speaking, art refers to Art in English, while pure fine art is represented by Fine Art. But in most cases, Fine Art will also be called art.