{"id":1754,"date":"2015-11-05T00:39:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art\/?page_id=1754"},"modified":"2015-11-05T00:39:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T00:39:47","slug":"artistic-categories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art\/learning-pathways\/art-definitions-art-roles-visual-thinking\/artistic-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visual arts are generally divided into categories that make distinctions based on the context of the work. For example, Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s <i>Mona Lisa<\/i> does not fall into the same category as, say, a poster for a rock concert. Some artworks can be placed in more than one category.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Fine_art\">Fine art<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This category includes drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and, in the last decade, new media that are in museum collections and sold through commercial art galleries. Fine art has a distinction of being some of the finest examples of our human artistic heritage. Here is where you will find the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mona_Lisa.jpeg\">Mona Lisa<\/a>, and ancient sculpture, such as the Gandhara figure from India (see the following image), and stunning <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgalleries.org\/index.php\/collection\/online_search\/4:324\/results\/0\/24057\/\">ceramics<\/a> from different cultures and time periods.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-traditional\">\n<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 330px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:15px auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Mona_Lisa.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/7\/76\/Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Mona_Lisa.jpg\/234px-Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Mona_Lisa.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"350\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\">\n<p>Leonardo Da Vinci, <i>Mona Lisa<\/i>, c. 1503-1519. Oil on poplar, 30&#8243; x 21&#8243;; The Louvre, Paris\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 330px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:15px auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Stucco_Gandhara_figure_02.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/55\/Stucco_Gandhara_figure_02.jpg\/217px-Stucco_Gandhara_figure_02.jpg\" width=\"217\" height=\"350\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\">\n<p>Stucco Ganhara figure, India, 4th\u20135th century CE; Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, London\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\" style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div style=\"width: 335px\">\n<div class=\"thumb\" style=\"width: 330px;\">\n<div style=\"margin:15px auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Blue_and_white_vase_Jingdezhen_Ming_Yongle_1403_1424.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/4\/4f\/Blue_and_white_vase_Jingdezhen_Ming_Yongle_1403_1424.jpg\/264px-Blue_and_white_vase_Jingdezhen_Ming_Yongle_1403_1424.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"350\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\">\n<p>Blue and white vase, Jingdezhen Ming Yongle, 1403-1424\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Popular_culture\">Popular culture<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:182px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.orgMissingImage.png\" title=\"Missing image\" class=\"img-responsive\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Street side handbills, Puducherry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This category contains the many products and images we are exposed to every day. In the industrialized world, this includes posters, graffiti, advertising, popular music, television and digital imagery, magazines, books, and movies (as distinguished from <i>film<\/i>, which we&#8217;ll examine in a different context later in the course). Also included are cars, celebrity status, and all the ideas and attitudes that help define the contemporary period of a particular culture. <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tleft\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:352px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Mural,_Dale_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_719995.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/5\/52\/Mural%2C_Dale_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_719995.jpg\/350px-Mural%2C_Dale_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_719995.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Public mural, Liverpool<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Handbills posted on telephone poles or the sides of buildings are graphic, colourful, and informative, but they also provide a street level texture to the urban environment most of us live in. Public murals serve this same function. They put an aesthetic stamp on an otherwise bland and industrialized landscape.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Decorative_arts.2C_or_crafts\">Decorative arts, or crafts<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:CeramicsDisplay12Anahuacalli.JPG\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/36\/CeramicsDisplay12Anahuacalli.JPG\/300px-CeramicsDisplay12Anahuacalli.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Ceramic bowl, Mexico. Date unknown. Painted clay. Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sometimes called <b>crafts<\/b>, this is a category of art that shows a high degree of skilled workmanship in its production. Crafts are normally associated with utilitarian purposes but can be aesthetic works in themselves, often highly decorated. This Mexican ceramic vessel is an example. Handmade furniture and glassware, fine metalworking, and leather goods are examples of crafts.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p> \n<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n<div class=\"thumb tnone\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:352px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:A_view_of_bamboo_basket_making.JPG\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/b6\/A_view_of_bamboo_basket_making.JPG\/350px-A_view_of_bamboo_basket_making.JPG\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Bamboo basket making<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Activity<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Analyze a Work of Art<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/Art_Appreciation_and_Techniques\/Course_guide\/Links_to_art_resources\">Links to art resources<\/a> and\/or any art links or resources of your choice, find a work of art from any culture or time period and use it to answer the following questions:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the source of your chosen work of art?\n<\/li>\n<li>What is the title, date, and artist\u2019s name?\n<\/li>\n<li>What medium is used (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photograph or digital image, video, installation, or performance)?\n<\/li>\n<li>Give a short description of your chosen work of art.\n<\/li>\n<li>What does it depict? What colours are used?\n<\/li>\n<li>What category does it fall under?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.230 seconds\nReal time usage: 8.672 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 414\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 6194\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 10221\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 6111\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:128241-0!*!0!!*!2!* and timestamp 20151105003937 and revision id 976125\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/art\/learning-pathways\/art-definitions-art-roles-visual-thinking\/artistic-roles\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/art\/learning-pathways\/art-definitions-art-roles-visual-thinking\/artistic-styles\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual arts are generally divided into categories that make distinctions based on the context of the work. 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