TYPES OF ART

LAUDIMER CRUZ HINGADA

WHAT IS ART?
Art is generally understood as any activity or product done by people
with a communicative or aesthetic purpose—something that expresses
an idea, an emotion or, more generally, a world view.
2 KINDS OF ART

AESTHETIC or FINE Art

PRACTICAL or UTILITARIAN Art

AESTHETIC or FINE ART
“Fine Art” are kinds of art created primarily for aesthetic enjoyment and
intellectual purposes judged primarily for its beauty and meaningfulness. It is
more focused in form rather than function.

This kind of art includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphics, architecture

etc.
PRACTICAL or UTILITARIAN ART
“Utilitarian Art” is a kind of art that is made primarily with a primary function.
It is a kind of art designed to be more useful than be attractive. It is more
focused in function rather than in form.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Industrial Art
Applied or Household Art
Civic Art
Commercial Art
Agricultural Art
Business Art
Fishery Art
Medical Art
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Industrial Art
It is the changing or raw materials for human consumption or use.

This includes shell-craft, bamboo-craft, shoe-making, pottery-making, sheet-

metalwork, manufacture of automobile, and home and appliances sets.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Applied or Household Art
It refers to arts practiced in household such as flower-arrangements, interior
decoration, dressmaking, embroidery, cooking, and others.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Civic Art
It refers to the civic planning and beautification in order to improve the
standards of living.

This includes beautification of parks, plazas, roads, bridges, and farms.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Commercial Art
Arts that were created for business propaganda in the form of advertisements.
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ART
Agricultural Art
Arts that aids for a better production in agronomy and other components of
agriculture. It also includes the modification of form of horticulture related
products for a better reproduction and utilization.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Business Art
Art that refers to the techniques and styles that make business, bookkeeping,
typewriting, stenography, salesmanship, and even business administration better.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITARIAN
ART
Fishery Art
Art related to deep – shallow fishing, modification of such components for a
better production in fishery related field.
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ART
Medical Art
Art that depicts the anatomy of an organism body for a better understanding of
medical science, surgery and pathology.