Purpose and Relevance of

Art

Visual Arts
Painting
Sculpture
Printmaking
Photography
Decorative Arts
Performing Arts
Dance
Theatre
Music
Animation

Ceremonial
Artistic Expression
Narrative
Functional
Persuasive
How arts will Fulfil a variety of
purpose

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Communication
Art as entertainment
The Avante-Garde
Art as a "free zone
Art for social inquiry, subversion and/or
anarchy
6. Art for social causes
7. Art for psychological and healing
purposes
8. Art for propaganda, or
commercialism

Artis a diverse range ofhuman activitiesand the products of

those activities, usually involving imaginative or technical skill. In
their most general form these activities include the production of
works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art,
and the aesthetic dissemination of art. This article focuses
primarily on thevisual arts, which includes the creation of
images
or
objects
in
fields
including
painting,
sculpture,printmaking, photography, and other visual media.
Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however,
like thedecorative arts, it involves the creation of objects where
the practical considerations of use are essentialin a way that
they usually are not in a painting, for example. Music, theatre,
film, dance, and otherperforming arts, as well as literature and
other media such asinteractive media, are included in a broader
definition of art orthe arts.