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Classification of Arts

The document classifies arts into two categories: fine or aesthetic arts, which are primarily for aesthetic enjoyment, and utilitarian or practical arts, which are intended for practical use. Fine arts are divided into visual arts like painting and sculpture, auditory arts like literature and music, and performing arts that combine visual and auditory elements, such as dance, theatre, and film. Practical arts are applied to industry, household tasks, civic planning, commerce, agriculture, business, distribution, fishery, and medicine.

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Classification of Arts

The document classifies arts into two categories: fine or aesthetic arts, which are primarily for aesthetic enjoyment, and utilitarian or practical arts, which are intended for practical use. Fine arts are divided into visual arts like painting and sculpture, auditory arts like literature and music, and performing arts that combine visual and auditory elements, such as dance, theatre, and film. Practical arts are applied to industry, household tasks, civic planning, commerce, agriculture, business, distribution, fishery, and medicine.

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CLASSIFICATION OF ARTS

1. Fine or Aesthetic (Major Arts) 2. Utilitarian or Practical Arts (Minor Arts)

FINE OR AESTHETIC ARTS-primarily for aesthetic enjoyment through the senses, especially visual and auditory. It is the changing
certain material or media for aesthetic pleasure.

DIVISIONS OF MAJOR ARTS

1. VISUAL OR SPACE-they occupy space


*PAINTING- is expressed either by line, form, texture, value or color. It is being used as decorations, as educational device
and as advertisement.
*SCULPTURE-expressed either by carving, shaping or modeling. It deals mostly with the human figure, figurines, stands for
lampshade and pottery.
*ARCHITECTURE- expressed through rhythmic features such as windows, ornaments, columns and tile flooring.
2. AUDITORY OR TIME-primarily heard. They are also known as TIME ARTS, because they exist in time
*LITERATURE- includes the writing of poems, shirt stories, novels plays, histories, biographies, essays. It is also known as
fine arts.
*MUSIC- the combination of sounds. It is said to be the most dynamic, most emotional, most universal and most abstract of
all the arts.
3. COMBINED OR PERFORMING- combine both of the visual and auditory elements. They are usually performed onstage, or
on the screen.
*CIRCUS-its entertainment generally consists of displays of horsemanship; exhibitions by gymnasts, aerialists, wild- animal
trainers and performing animals; and comic pantomime by clowns.
*DANCE- based upon music or any rhythmic sound. It is also characterized by rhythmic or repetition
*OPERA- a stage drama with orchestral accompaniment in which music is the dominant element, the performers singing all
or most of their lines.
*PANTOMIME (MIME) - a dramatic representation by means of facial expression and body movements rather than words.
* PUPPET SHOW- a theatrical performance which uses puppets as characters wherein audiences perceive life and spirit
from their movement, their shape and other aspects of their performance.
*DRAMA- includes acting, directing, stage setting, stage lighting, and public speaking.
*THEATRE- one of the oldest and most popular forms of entertainment in which actors perform live for an audience on a
stage or in another space designed for the performance.
*SINGING- an individual or group interpretation of a song or a music.
*MOTION PICTURE- a series of images that are projected onto a screen to create the illusion of motion. It is also called
movies, films, or the cinema- are one of the most popular forms of entertainment, enabling people to immerse themselves
in an imaginary world for a short period of time.

PRACTICAL OR UTILITARIAN (MINOR ARTS) – intended for practical use or utility. It is the changing of raw materials for utilitarian
purposes. However, they must possess ornaments or artistic qualities to make them useful and beautiful.

*INDUSTRIAL ART- the changing of raw materials into something significant product for human consumption or use. Examples of
this are shell-craft, bamboo- craft, leather- craft, shoe making, pottery- making, sheet- metalwork, and manufacture of automobiles,
home appliances and television sets.

*APPLIED OR HOUSEHOLD ART- this refers mostly to household arts such as flower arrangement, interior decoration, dressmaking,
home-making, embroidery, cooking and others.

*CIVIC ART-includes city or town planning, maintenance, and beautification of parks, plazas, roads, bridges and farms. It refers to
civic planning and beautification in order to improve the standards of living.

*COMMERCIAL ART- involves business propaganda in the form of advertisements in newspapers and magazines, sign painting,
billboard announcements, leaflets, displays, poster designing, movie illustrations and many more.

*GRAPHIC ART-anything printed from raised or sunken reliefs and plane surfaces.

*AGRICULTURAL ART- refers to agronomy (crop production), horticulture (garden or orchard cultivation), husbandry (raising of
cows, carabaos, poultry and swine) and farming.

*BUSINESS ART- includes merchandising, accounting, bookkeeping, typewriting, stenography, salesmanship, and business
administration.

*DISTRIBUTIVE ART- deal with advertising, marketing warehousing, packaging, and shipping of articles or goods.

*FISHERY ART- includes shallow and deep sea fishing, fish refrigeration and culture, net weaving.

*MEDICAL OR CLINICAL ART- includes first aid treatments, medical manufacturing, surgery, medical operations, rehabilitation and
others

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