Art in general Art (or the creative arts) commonly refers to the act and process of making material works (or artworks) which, from concept to creation, have a creative impulse.

SculptorSculptor: Michelangelo (Buonarotti)Michelangelo (Buonarotti Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.Sistine Chapel Michelangelo's Pieta (Madonna and Child) Sculpture

Barcelona La Sagrada Familia (Antonio Gaudi)

Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (ballet dancer)

Figure SkaterFigure Skater: Michelle KwanMichelle Kwan

PhotographerPhotographer: Robert Mapplethorpe "Polaroids"Robert Mapplethorpe

Art in general Art (or the creative arts) commonly refers to the act and process of making material works (or artworks) which, from concept to creation, hold a creative impulse. The term 'art' may be taken to include forms as diverse as prose writing, poetry, dance, acting, music, sculpture and painting. However, the term 'art' most commonly refers to the visual arts— in particular painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, conceptual art and installation art. These tend to be regarded as the 'fine arts' (little or no practical function and are valued in terms of the visual pleasure), whereas furniture, industrial design, graphic design and others come under the umbrella of 'applied art'.prose writingpoetrydanceactingmusicsculpturepaintingvisual artsdrawingengravingconceptual art installation artfine arts furnitureindustrial designgraphic designapplied art

Characteristics of art encourages an intuitive understanding rather than a rational understanding, as, for example, with an article in a scientific journal; elusive [schwer fassbar], in that the work may communicate on many different levels of appreciation was created with no other purpose or function other than to be itself (a radical, "pure art" definition); in relation to the above, the piece may offer itself to many different interpretations, or, though it superficially depicts a mundane event or object, invites reflection upon elevated themes

Tracey Emin: My Bed 1999 winner of the Turner Prize

Modern art Modern art is a general term, used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. (Recent art production is more often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art). Modern art refers to the then new approach to art where it was no longer important to represent a subject realistically — the invention of photography had made this function of art obsolete. Instead, artists started experimenting with new ways of seeing, with fresh ideas about the nature, materials and functions of art, often moving further toward abstraction.19th century 1970s Contemporary artPostmodern artphotographyabstraction