Origin of the term art: Greek τέχνη Latin ars (téchne); Production carried out by Appointing the disciplines of men and disciplines related to the arts of know-how. of the aesthetic and the emotional.
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Thomas Aquinas
Definition of art
Any activity or product carried out by the human being with an aesthetic and also communicative purpose, through which ideas, emotions or, in general, a vision of the world are expressed, through various resources, such as plastics, linguistics, sound and / or mixed.
What is art
- Form of creative expression. Skill, dexterity. Methodology to carry out an activity.
Types of art
Major arts and minor arts
Ancient Greece
- Minors: they smell, taste or touch. Seniors: they see and hear each other.
Liberal Arts and Mechanical Arts
In Ancient Rome the distinction is made between the arts that require the use of hands and those that do not.
Fine arts and applied arts
- Fine arts: 18th century, distinguishes the arts whose end is beauty. Applied: trades, they put their practical function before aesthetics.
Fine arts
- Visual arts Visual arts Applied arts Performing arts Musical or sound arts Literary arts. graphic arts
Evolution of art
- Prehistoric Ancient age Middle age Modern age
"A painter is a man who paints what an artist sells is a man who sells what he paints" Pablo Picasso
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