Plastic arts are
art form
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
s which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium by
molding or modeling such as
sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
or
ceramics
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...
. Less often the term may be used broadly for all the
visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
(such as painting, sculpture, film and photography), as opposed to 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
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...
, glass, or
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
.
The term "
plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptab ...
" has been used to mean certain synthetic organic resins ever since they were invented, but the term "plastic arts" long preceded them. The term should not be confused, either, with
Piet Mondrian
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (, also , ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being ...
's concept of "
Neoplasticism
Neoplasticism, known in Dutch as ''Nieuwe Beelding'' or the new image, is an avant-garde art theory that arose in 1917 and was employed mainly by Dutch De Stijl artists. The most notable advocates of the theory were the painters Theo van Doe ...
".
History
The oldest known plastic arts date to (30,000–34,000 BP).
Philosophy
In contrast to the limiting of 'plastic arts' to sculpture and architecture by
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (; 27 January 1775 – 20 August 1854), later (after 1812) von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him be ...
in 1807, the German critic
August Wilhelm Schlegel
August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (; 8 September 176712 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His trans ...
(1767-1845) applied the concept not only to visual arts, but also poetry.
Classical poetry lines he saw utilizing plastic isolation, and rhyme falling under the Romantic (domain).
[''The literary theories of August Wilhelm Schlegel'' by Ralph W. Ewton jnr, Published by Walter de Gruyter and Co (1972), , ]
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. He These distinctions were carried over into Russian Romanticism aesthetics,
Gallery
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File:Patrick-Saytour-Torchons-Collection-exposition-Nîmes-2008.jpg, Saytour Torchons Nîmes
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File:Edith Meusnier - Sarabande - Musée des Tissus - Lyon - hiver 2007-2008.jpg, Sarabande Musée des Tissus Lyon
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2007-2008
File:Aleya-milton-becerra.jpg, Milton Becerra
Milton Becerra (born 1951) is a Venezuelan artist who pioneered land art in Venezuela in the 1970s.
Early works
He graduated from the Cristóbal Rojas School of Arts (1972) under the Jesús Soto promotion. From 1973 to 1980 Milton Becerra ...
Ale'ya Durban Segnini Gallery Miami
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2009.
File:Edith Meusnier - Sortilège - Festival Artec - La Ferté Bernard - mai 2010.jpg, La Ferté Bernard Festival Artec 2010
File:Edith Meusnier - Artefact - Bois de Belle Rivière - Québec - été 2010.jpg, Bois de Belle Rivière Québec
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2010
File:If_it_wasn%27t_for_plastic_money_I_wouldn%27t_have_any_money_at_all.jpg, ''MasterCard/Visa (If it wasn't for plastic money I wouldn't have any money at all)'' Tyler Turkle, 2006, Poured Acrylic, 54 x 43 inches
See also
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Art materials
Arts media is the material and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. Here is a list of types of art and the media used within thos ...
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Handicraft
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
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Media (arts)
Arts media is the material and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. Here is a list of types of art and the media used within tho ...
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Plastic in art Within the 20th century, there came the use of plastics in art. In the latter half of the century, plastic technology advanced so that it was feasible for artists to start using plastic and acrylics as an artwork medium.
Using found plastic
Art ...
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Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
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Plastic number
In mathematics, the plastic number (also known as the plastic constant, the plastic ratio, the minimal Pisot number, the platin number, Siegel's number or, in French, ) is a mathematical constant which is the unique real solution of the cubic ...
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Recording medium
Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media. Biological molecules such as RNA and DNA are consid ...
References
Further reading
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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.
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Schlegel, August Wilhelm., (1966) ''Vorlesungen uber dramatische Kunst und Literatur'', Stuttgart:
Kohlhammer Verlag
W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart.
History
Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-law ...
, 1966, p. 21f.
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