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Ridgeway's Art Dictionary and Comments : Fine Art

Fine Art: definition

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n. 1.art produced chiefly for its aesthetic value.  2. (often pl.) any of the fields in which art is produced, such as painting, sculpture, and drawing.

Fine Art: comments

Nowadays 'art' and 'fine art' seem to share a lot in common, but it is vital to keep in mind the chief sense of the word 'fine' which means 'very good of its kind', high quality, superior in skills or achievement.

That's why when an art critic, gallery or museum curator want to highlight a particular art work or artist they use 'fine art' or 'fine artist' instead using just 'art' or 'artist'

Ridgeway's Art Dictionary is designed for the purpose of helping everybody

who is interested or involved in fine art to understand the terms and definitions of art.