Ballet is a dance class that is part of the performing arts.
Art is a concept that encompasses all creations made by humans to express a sensitive vision about the world, whether real or imaginary. Through plastic, linguistic or sound resources , art - a term from the Latin ars - allows ideas, emotions, perceptions and sensations to be expressed.
History indicates that, with the appearance of Homo Sapiens , art had a ritual and magical-religious function (as occurs with cave painting), which changed over time. In any case, the definition of art varies according to the time and culture .
Paleolithic art and Neolithic art , for example, are very different from contemporary art or modern art . While in Prehistory rustic figures such as dolmens or menhirs were produced, from the 20th century we find ideas such as conceptual art, abstract art , kinetic art , pop art or urban art .
Art in the Renaissance
With the Italian Renaissance , at the end of the 15th century, a distinction began to be made between crafts and fine arts . The artisan is one who is dedicated to producing multiple works, while the artist is the creator of single works.
It is precisely in the Renaissance where we find one of the most important stages in the history of art, both for the magnificent artists who worked there and for the surprising works that they undertook and that today are praised throughout the world.
Thus, in Renaissance art, we would have to highlight figures of the stature of Leonardo da Vinci , Michelangelo , Donatello , Titian and Raphael . And in terms of works we would highlight, for example, "La Gioconda"; the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel; «Gattamelata» ; «Venus of Urbino»; and "The Betrothal of the Virgin", respectively.
Different disciplines
There are different disciplines within art. The classification used in Ancient Greece included architecture , dance , sculpture , music , painting and poetry ( literature ).
Later, cinema began to be included as the seventh art . There are also those who name photography as the eighth art (although it is often claimed that it is an extension of painting) and the comic or comic as the ninth (its detractors indicate that it is, in reality, a bridge between painting and art). cinema ). Television , fashion , advertising and video games are other disciplines that are sometimes considered artistic.
The performing arts
The idea of performing arts refers to artistic expressions that are represented on stage . It is, in the broadest sense, about music , dance and theater .
There are other disciplines that are integrated into these three performing arts or that involve a combination of them, such as circus and opera .
Genres and styles mean that each performing art has a wide diversity of components. In the musical field, to mention one case, we can find manifestations of sound art as different as rock , experimental music , jazz , classical music , pop and electronic music .
Gothic art shines in architecture, sculpture and painting.
The use of plastic resources
When the artist can shape or modify a material, he creates a work that falls within the plastic arts . Architecture , engraving , sculpture , drawing , goldsmithing and painting make up this group.
A graffiti , a collage , an oil painting , a piece developed in ceramic , a watercolor , a mural work and even a manifestation through body painting are examples of plastic arts. These creations are generally not presented on stage, but can be seen in an art gallery or art museum .
It is interesting to indicate that the plastic arts are related to the visual arts . This concept encompasses traditional plastic arts and adds more specific or modern disciplines such as digital art , video art and land art . The idea can also be associated with the applied arts , which involve the application of creativity to everyday products (a piece of furniture, a piece of clothing, a cup, etc.), often appealing to notions of design (industrial design, fashion design, interior design, graphic design or another branch).
Literature, verbal art
Verbal art is called literature : that is, that which uses words. It must be taken into account that the notion is not limited to what is written, but oral literature also exists.
When literature is developed in verse, it is classified as poetry . If its structure is not built through verses, instead, it is called prose . The usual thing is that a narrative is carried out in prose.
A poem , a story , an essay and a novel are works of literature. Among the great historical exponents of this art it is possible to name the British William Shakespeare , the Spanish Miguel de Cervantes and the Italian Dante Alighieri .
An art criticism involves a value judgment of a work, analyzing its aesthetics and its context.
Works and monuments protected by UNESCO
It should be noted that UNESCO is dedicated to cataloging those works and artistic monuments that have incalculable value and unmatched beauty. In this case we could talk, for example, of the Mosque of Córdoba , the Alhambra of Granada , the Cathedral of Seville and the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca .
However, throughout the world there are monuments that receive this same classification. Among them are the Tiwanaku Temple in Bolivia ; the Churches of Chiloé in Chile ; the historic center of Lima ; and the Castle of San Pedro de la Roca in Santiago de Cuba .
And all this without forgetting the Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin , Chichén Itza in Mexico , the Statue of Liberty in the United States , the necropolises of Egypt , the Church of the Nativity in Palestine and Durham Castle in the United Kingdom. .
Conservation and restoration of art
With the passage of time, artistic creations often suffer significant deterioration. Therefore, the set of processes dedicated to the preservation of these cultural assets for the future is known as conservation and restoration of works of art .
Experts in this field seek to ensure that the artistic manifestation survives beyond the passing of the years. Through various techniques they try to protect the works or recover them when necessary.
It is important not to confuse these tasks with the function of curating art . A curator has the necessary knowledge to evaluate, manage and display artistic products, which can assume the role of curator in an exhibition or exhibition .