Performing Arts

Dance

Main article: Dance

 Contra dancers creating their own recreation at a ball in New Hampshire, United States (silent
video)
 Participatory dance whether it be a folk dance, a social dance, a group dance such as a line,
circle, chain or square dance, or a partner dance such as is common in western.
 Western ballroom dancing is undertaken primarily for a common purpose, such as
entertainment, social interaction or exercise, of participants rather than onlookers.
 Many forms of dance provide recreation for all age groups and cultures.

Music Creation

Main article: Music

 Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from recreation, religious or
ceremonial purposes, or for entertainment.
 When music was only available through sheet music scores, such as during the Classical and
Romantic eras in Europe, music lovers would buy the sheet music of their favorite pieces and
songs so that they could perform them at home on their instruments.

Visual Arts

Main article: Visual arts

These are the examples fall under the category visual arts. Many of these are practiced for
recreation.

 Woodworking
 Photograph
 Moviemaking
 Jewelry making
 Software projects such as photo shopping and video production
 Bracelets making
 Artistic project such as drawing, painting, cosplay ( design, creation and wearing a costume
based on an already existing creative property )
 Creating models out of card stock or paper ( paper craft )
Drawing

Main article: Drawing

 Drawing goes back at least 16,000 years to Paleolithic cave representations of animals such as
those at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain.
 In ancient Egypt, ink drawings on papyrus, often depicting people, were used as models for
painting or sculpture.
 Drawings on Greek vases, initially geometric, later developed to the human form with black-
figure pottery during the 7th century BC.
 With paper becoming common in Europe by the 15th century, drawing was adopted by masters
such as Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci who sometimes treated
drawing as an art in its own right rather than a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture.

Painting

Main article: Painting

Depictions of aurochs, horses and deer in Lascaux

 Painting has its documented origins in caves and on rock faces. The finest examples,
believed by some to be 32,000 years old, are in the Chauvet and Lascaux caves in
southern France. In shades of red, brown, yellow and black, the paintings on the walls
and ceilings are of bison, cattle, horses and deer.
 Paintings of human figures can be found in the tombs of ancient Egypt. In the great
temple of Ramses II, Nefertari, his queen, is depicted being led by Isis. Greek and Roman
art like the Hellenistic Fayum mummy portraits and Battle of Issus at Pompeii
contributed to Byzantine art in the 4th century BC, which initiated a tradition in icon
painting. Models of aero planes, boats, cars, tanks, artillery, and even figures of soldiers
and superheroes are popular subjects to build, paint and display.
Photograph
Main article: Photograph
 An amateur photographer practices photography as a hobby/passion and not for
monetary profit. The quality of some amateur work may be highly specialized or eclectic
in choice of subjects.
 Amateur photography is often pre-eminent in photographic subjects which have little
prospect of commercial use or reward.
 Amateur photography grew during the late 19th century due to the popularization of
the Hand-held camera.
 Nowadays it has spread widely through social media and is carried out throughout
different platforms and equipment, including the use of cell phone. Clear pictures can
now be taken with a cell phone which is a key tool for making photography more
accessible to everyone.

Organized Recreation
 Many recreational activities are organized, typically by public institutions, voluntary
group-work agencies, private groups supported by membership fees, and commercial
enterprises. Examples of each of these are the National Park Service, the YMCA, the
Kiwanis, and Walt Disney World.
 Public space such as parks and beaches are essential venues for many recreational
activities and Tourism has recognized that many visitors are specifically attracted by
recreational offerings. In particular, beach and waterfront promenades such as the
beach area of Venice Beach in California, the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes, the
Promenade des Anglais in Nice or the lungomare of Barcola with Miramare Castle in
Trieste are important recreational areas for the city population on the one hand and on
the other also important tourist destinations with all advantages and disadvantages for
the locals.