Nanning Art School When Europe began to use the term "art" in the 17th century, art generally refers to activities with aesthetic significance and their products, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, dance, etc. Some scholars also believe that the word "art" should formally appear in the middle of the 18th century. After the industrial revolution in the 18th century, the scope of fine arts has expanded day by day, including painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, architectural art, and calligraphy and seal cutting art in the East. The term began to be widely used around the May 4th Movement in China. In recent decades, the word "art" has not been used in Europe and the United States, and is often dominated by the word "art".

One of the art categories. It is an art activity to use certain material materials, such as pigments, paper, canvas, clay, stone, wood, metal, wood, etc., to create a visual plane or three-dimensional visual image, so as to reflect the natural and social life and express the artist's ideas and feelings. It is also called plastic arts and visual arts. It mainly includes painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, architectural art, etc.