Plastic Arts

Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a ''plastic medium'', such as clay, wax, paint or even plastic in the modern sense of the word (a ductile polymer) to create works of art. The term is used more generally to refer to the visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, ceramics, architecture, film and photography), rather than literature and music. Materials for use in the plastic arts, in the narrower definition, include those that can be carved or shaped, such as stone or wood, concrete, glass, or metal.

History

The word ''plastic'' draws from the Ancient Greek (''plastikós''), which means 'to mold' or 'to shape'. It has long preceded its dominant modern meaning as a synthetic material. The term ''plastic arts'' has been used historically to denote visual art forms (painting, sculpture, and ceramics) as opposed to literature or music.

The related terms ''plasticity'' and ''plasticism'' became more widely used in the early 20th century by critics discussing modern painting, particularly the works of Paul Cézanne.

The oldest known "plastic art" dates back to 30,000–34,000 BP.

Application to literature

In contrast to the limiting of 'plastic arts' to sculpture and architecture by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling in 1807, the German critic August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845) applied the concept not only to visual arts, but also poetry.

Classical poetry lines he saw using plastic isolation, and rhyme falling under the Romantic (domain).

In Schlegel's Viennese lectures (1809–1811), published in 1827 as ''On the Theory and History of the Plastic Arts'', he contrasted the plasticism of Classical Art with picturesque Romanticism:

Gallery

File:Venus de Brassempouy.jpg, '' Venus de Brassempouy'', a 25th millennium BC carving in mammoth ivory
File:Benin bronze in Bristol Museum.jpg, A 16th-century bronze sculpture from the Kingdom of Benin
File:Moai Rano raraku.jpg, Moai, stone sculptures created by the Rapa Nui people
File:Baskets (inkoko) - Rwanda - Royal Museum for Central Africa - DSC06584.JPG, Woven baskets in Rwanda
File:Maillol - Sculpture 04.jpg , Sculpture in terracotta by Aristide Maillol
File:Circle of Life from Ivana Houserova.jpg, Glass art by
File:Sheila Hicks Exhibition at Toronto Textile Museum (29758946624).jpg, ''Hastings Visit to the Great Plains'' (1979), a tapestry in linen and cotton by Sheila Hicks
File:Taj Mahal (Edited).jpeg, The Taj Mahal, an architectural work designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahori
File:Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, from C2RMF retouched.jpg, ''Mona Lisa'', an oil painting created by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century

See also

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References

Further reading

* Barnes, A. C., ''The Art in Painting'', 3rd ed., 1937, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., NY.
* Bukumirovic, D. (1998). ''Maga Magazinovic''. Biblioteka Fatalne srpkinje knj. br. 4. Beograd: Narodna knj.
* Fazenda, M. J. (1997). ''Between the pictorial and the expression of ideas: the plastic arts and literature in the dance of Paula Massano''. N.p.
* Gerón, C. (2000). ''Enciclopedia de las artes plásticas dominicanas: 1844–2000''. 4th ed. Dominican Republic s.n.
* Schlegel, August Wilhelm., (1966) ''Vorlesungen uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur'', Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 1966, p. 21f.

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