The plastic arts or fine arts

Plastic arts or fine arts are expressive formations carried out using production techniques that manipulate materials to construct forms and images that reveal an aesthetic and poetic conception at a given historical moment. The emergence of plastic arts is directly related to the evolution of the human species. The visual artist works with paper, paint, plaster, clay, rocks, wood, minerals and metals, computer programs and other technological tools to produce their pieces.

History

The plastic arts emerged in prehistory. There are several examples of rock painting in caves. To this day, there is always a need for artistic expression using new media. It is in the plastic arts that we find the use of new means for creation, invention and aesthetic appreciation.

Plastic arts or fine arts are expressive formations carried out using production techniques that manipulate materials to construct forms and images that reveal an aesthetic and poetic conception at a given historical moment.
The Abaporu, by Tarsila do Amaral, symbol of the anthropophagic movement that marked Modernism in Brazil

The emergence of plastic arts is directly related to the evolution of the human species. The visual artist works with paper, paint, plaster, clay, rocks, wood, minerals and metals, computer programs and other technological tools to produce their pieces.