VISUAL

AND
PERFORMING
ARTS
Banday
Samaniego
 What is art?
– The tangible output of creative
expression
– Product of human creativity and skill to
express oneself
– Represented through different forms and
disciplines
–Visual Arts
–Performing Arts
–Literature
–Culinary Arts
–Media Arts
What is visual arts?
– Describe a wide array of artistic
disciplines that are appreciated
primarily through sight
– Has different art forms and
disciplines
–Fine Arts
–Decorative Arts
–Contemporary Arts
 1. What is fine arts?
– Artworks that are readily associate with art.
– The term Fine arts was used to describe the
art forms created for its appearance rather
than its practical use – artworks that came
from emerging technology and artistic
innovations.
Example of fine arts
2. What is decorative arts?
–Also known as decorative crafts

–Artworks that are aesthetically

pleasing and functional.
–Artist from the West consider the
decorative arts as a lower version
th
of art (Renaissance-20 century):
makers of decorative arts were not
considered as artists but as
craftsmen
Example of decorative arts
3. What are the contemporary
art forms?
–Branch of visual arts that are new
and unusual art forms that could
not be easily categorized between
the fine arts and decorative arts
–Include recently conceived art
styles and techniques that are
not easily categorized as fine
arts or decorative arts
Example of contemporary art
forms
 There are difference
between contemporary art
forms and contemporary
art