What is the difference between fine and applied art?

wake

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Fine art should be studing art history, philosophy, among other art-related topics.
Applied arts should be more hands on .. whatever media you want
 

NogginBoink

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Fine art has no practical value whatsoever.

Applied art is at least somewhat useful.

(My mostly cynical but not altogether untrue answer.)
 

UnatcoAgent

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Fine art is simply for art's sake, no practical use.

Applied art has more of a use to it, but is still.. for art.. sake...

Design is totally practical, not for art sake (I study design :))
 

WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: Magnum375
Fine art is simply for art's sake, no practical use.

Applied art has more of a use to it, but is still.. for art.. sake...

Design is totally practical, not for art sake (I study design :))

That is it. To everyone talking about art being useless, I never, ever want to see you complain about the Pontiac Aztek being ugly.
 

UnatcoAgent

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: Magnum375
Fine art is simply for art's sake, no practical use.

Applied art has more of a use to it, but is still.. for art.. sake...

Design is totally practical, not for art sake (I study design :))

That is it. To everyone talking about art being useless, I never, ever want to see you complain about the Pontiac Aztek being ugly.

Who said there were no bad designers in this world ?

Edit - I do not mean that art is totally useless, however fine art is very much for the sake of art, it is there to look pretty or trigger some sense. Something, I don't study fine art.

Design is practical, it is made to solve problems etc. The aztec is a poor design, simply because it is ugly. There is a ton of horrible design in this world.

So really I don't understand what you mean by your post with regards to mine
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