FINE ART DEFINED

Merriam Websters says: Fine ART  is art (as painting, 

sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects, objects of fine art and or an activity requiring a fine skill.

Wikepedia says: Fine art describes any art form developed primarily 

for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility.This type of art is often

expressed in the production of art objects using visual and performing 

art forms, including painting, sculpture, dance, theatre,architecture, 

photography and printmaking.

Encarta says: Fine Art is the creation of beautiful objects for their

 own sake. Any Art Form regarded as having purely aesthetic value.

Dictionary.com says: Fine Art is a visual art considered to have

been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and

judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically,

painting, sculpture,  drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.

Fine Art Director says: Fine Art is all art created for its 

meaningfulness. This includes all above mentioned

art forms, Film, Music, Writing, Arranging, 

Assemblages, Design, Flora/Fauna, Found Objects, 

Any Documention of Occurrences in nature

or in the aging over time, also Digital images

printed within the Fine Art Direction format

of today called Digital Image Transfers or DIT's.

Canvases stapled onto frames and or hung by paper 

clips may also be considered Fine Art by some. 

Giclee's on canvas are considered Fine Art  when

painted upon or created into a Mixed Media Format*