fine art

Fine art can be defined as any art form that is created for aesthetic rather than utilitarian purposes. This can include both visual and performing arts and includes such forms as photography, painting, dance, sculpture, theater, and music.

The term fine is not meant to refer to the quality of the work but rather refers to the amount of creative discipline and skill that is put in to creating the work. Originally the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery. This changed after 1750 to mean a skill that produced an aesthetic result. Fine art then became a creation that brought the audience to appreciate the finer and more creative skills of the artist.

While fine art certainly has a wide range of forms, most people tend to think of painting, sculpture, dance, and photography when referring to fine art. As it has in the past, the definitions of art and fine art will likely continue to expand and evolve in the future.

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• Tampa Museum of Art opens Don ZanFagna. Cyborgs

  
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  The Tampa Museum of Art announces Don ZanFagna: Cyborgs an exhibition on view January 28 – May 6, 2012.Don ZanFagna (b. 1929). Cyborg Note 54; Cyborg Note 64; Cyborg Note 129. Mixed ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• Sotheby’s Old Masters Week Auctions Total $73.1 Million

  
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• Saffronart Announces Inaugural Auction of Impressionist and Modern Art

  
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• National Gallery of Art Announces Major Early Drawings Exhibition by Pablo Picasso

  
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  The National Gallery of Art in Washington presents a Major Early Drawings Exhibition by Pablo Picasso on view January 29–May 6, 2012.Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), Sleeping Peasants, Paris or San Raphaël, August 1919. Gouache, watercolor, and ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• Turner Contemporary opens Turner and the Elements

  
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• Fondation Beyeler announces Pierre Bonnard exhibition

  
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• An Interview with Fine Art Photographer Red Ognita

  
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• Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Brief Thoughts)

  
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  Show and Tell by Dilys Evans (Chronicle Books, 2008) carries the subtitle “Exploring the fine art of children’s book illustration,” and that is what it is: a full-color coffee table style book that highlights a few of the best children’s book illustrators by examining what makes their art “fine art.” ...
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• “Stoned” Paintings in Oil by Carly Waito

  
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  In a brilliant marketing move, a tourist-saavy city council self-declared the city of   Franklin, North Carolina the “gem capital” of the world.    Here you can “ go panning ” for sapphires, rubies, and any number of chunky, occluded stones.  If you are in the region, you can channel your inner ...
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• Frank Booker – Shapes And Patterns [FA029]

  
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  Artist: Frank Booker Release Title: Shapes & Patterns FA029 Genre: House Label:: Fine Art Recordings Catnr: FA029 Mp3 Download Source: WEB Bitrate: 320 kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo Digital Released: 2012 Size: 16.87 Mb 01. Shapes & Patterns 6:47 Total Playtime: 06:47 min Download File – ...
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• Delaware Art Museum announces Painted Poetry. The Art of Mary Page Evans

  
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  The Delaware Art Museum presents Painted Poetry: The Art of Mary Page Evans, a retrospective exhibition featuring approximately 50 paintings and drawings created by the artist between the 1960s and 2011. On view March 31 ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• Daum Museum of Contemporary Art announces 10! The first Decade

  
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  The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art presents 10! The first Decade on view February 4, 2012 – May 27, 2012.Helen Frankenthaler (American, b. 1928); “Trespass”, 1974; acrylic on canvas, 94 x 94 in.Daum Museum of ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• Harold Harvey Painting of Tin Miners in Cornwall Auctioned for £40,850 at Bonhams

  
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  Tin Miners, a fine example of Harold Harvey’s works depicting the industrial side of Cornwall, sold for £40,850 yesterday (Wednesday 25th January 2012) in the 19th Century Paintings sale at Bonhams,101 New Bond Street, London. ... AuctionPublicity.com
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• Swann Galleries Announce Auction of African-american Fine Art Feb.16

  
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  Swann Galleries will conduct their annual winter auction of African-American Fine Art, on Thursday, February 16, with highlights ranging from important 19th century landscape paintings to prints by celebrated contemporary artists. In all, there are ... AuctionPublicity.com
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• Chip Simone - Jackson Fine Art - Atlanta

  
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• Burn Wood, Baby, Burn. The Incredible Pyrographic Art of Julie Bender.

  
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  When I first came across these, I found it so hard to believe they were actually wood burnings. The intricate rendering of texture, the detail and the overall appearance seems as though itd be virtually impossible to create with a pyrographic tool. Julie Bender has shown me otherwise. NOTE: all the images in this ...
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• Museum of Modern Art of Bologna (MAMbo) announces The Eye of the Collector . Video works from the Collection Manuel de Santaren

  
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  The Museum of Modern Art of Bologna (MAMbo) presentsThe Eye of the Collector . Video works from the Collection Manuel de Santaren on view 29 Jan – 5 Feb 2012. Opening: Saturday, 28 January 2012, ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• J. Paul Getty Museum Acquires Early Renaissance Drawing Attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo

  
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  The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition at auction of Portrait of a Young Man, Head and Shoulders, Wearing a Cap, drawn about 1470, attributed to Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443–1496). The drawing, ... MuseumPublicity.com
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• On the Record: "Years" by Bartholomaus Traubeck

  
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  Bartholomäus Traubecks " Years " is one of those designs that embodies much more than its one-line description might suggest: simply put, its "a record player that plays slices of wood, [in which] year ring data is translated into music.". A trees year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of ...
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• Travel Days

  
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  I’m on the road for the next couple of days so check back later for the next post here.  I’m heading out to the Indianapolis area where I’m delivering a new group of work to Watts Fine Art , a gallery located in Zionsville ,  a suburb of Indy.  I’m excited to visit this gallery  and to meet the ...
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