Introduction to Fine Arts

 

Fine arts refers to arts that are "concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste " (SOED 1991). The term was first attested in 1767 , as a translation from the French term beaux arts and designates a limited number of visual art forms, including painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Schools, institutes, and other organizations still use the term to indicate a traditional perspective on the visual arts, often implying an association with classic or academic art .

The word "fine" does not so much denote the quality of the artwork in question, but the purity of the discipline. This definition tends to exclude visual art forms that could be considered craftwork or applied art, such as textiles. The more recent term visual arts is widely considered to be a more inclusive and descriptive phrase for today's variety of current art practices, and for the multitude of mediums in which high art is now more widely recognized to occur. Ultimately, the term fine in 'fine art' comes from the concept of Final Cause, or purpose, or end, in the philosophy of Aristotle. The Final Cause of fine art is the art object itself; it is not a means to another end except perhaps to please those who behold it.

The term is still often used outside of the arts to denote when someone has perfected an activity to a very high level of skill. For example, one might metaphorically say that "Pelé took football to the level of a fine art."

That fine art is seen as being distinct from applied arts is largely the result of an issue raised in Britain by the conflict between the followers of the Arts and Crafts Movement, including William Morris, and the early modernists, including Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group. The former sought to bring socialist principles to bear on the arts by including the more commonplace crafts of the masses within the realm of the arts, while the modernists sought to keep artistic endeavour exclusive, esoteric, and elitist.

An academic course of study in fine art may include a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Andrea Bagiu's Fine Art Gallery

"I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need." Auguste Rodin

 

Too often, fine arts schools are thought of as places where rich kids play and dreamers vegetate. Too often, they are. Not here. At the Andreea's Fine Art Gallery, your flights of fancy in paint are grounded in solid classical as well as modern tradition. The Andreea's Fine Art Gallery is exposing arts, which even your grandmother will recognize, while today's generation will find and admire live nature of today's Van Gogh's art.

 

We are grateful to the following Andreea's sponsors:

 

1. EXHIBIT: The Eastern Orthodox Heritage Foundation sponsored an Jiunt Exhibit "Andree's Fine Arts Gallery" & Painter Nicolai Constantin from Germany (click here for an album), and makes preparation)for an Early Christmas Exhibit at the HT Community Center during December 16-30th 2009.

2. PLEDGE: Peeker Group of Companies will donate to Andree's Fine Arts Gallery the 250 Common Corporate shares on March 31, 2010.

3. USE OF COMMUNITY CENTER: Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in cooperation with Eastern Orthodox Heritage Foundation is offering its community center hall for a Christmas Exhibit to Andreea's Fine Arts Gallery during December 16-31, 2006. Click here for details.

4. FREE FENCING LESSONS: Orita Olympic Fencing, Inc., is offering 4 Free Fencing Lessons at the HT Community Center to everyone who purchases art merchandise from Andreea's Fine Arts Gallery ($ 500.00 or more) during December 2009 and January 2010. Offer expires on January 31, 2010.

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