What Is Decorative Art? Discuss

This calendar week I've been shout for myself merely what is this affair called "Decorative Art" inward the context of those who appear to define it yesteryear proverb that it's something which isn't "Real Art".

I must confess I'm becoming a flake of a Show Me the Monet addict (see 'Show Me the Monet' - X element for Artists?) - generally because of the critiques yesteryear the panel which are incisive together with inward some cases highly opinionated.  It's real educational to run into how people who gauge fine art gauge the pieces presented to them yesteryear artists from a diverseness of backgrounds.

For the most business office I've been pretty much inward understanding amongst their choices.

However ane affair keeps piddling - together with these are some of the comments which I give-up the ghost on take away heed beingness repeated.
"There's non plenty "art" inward this slice for me"

"This is decorative fine art together with doesn't accomplish the criterion I'm looking for"
They grade them - but they don't explicate them.

It struck me that the notion of what fine art is - together with what decorative fine art is patently vary depending on your perspective.

It made me wonder whether the term 'decorative art' was beingness used yesteryear the judges to refer to 'bad art' - or fine art of a 'lower standard' having 'mass appeal'.
  • Was it beingness used equally a euphemism - a polite means of proverb "This is bad art"?  
  • Was it beingness used to refer to fine art which tried besides difficult to await attractive?
  • Was it beingness used to reference fine art amongst no emotional inner meaning?
  • Was it beingness used inward such a means equally to negate the very positive aspects of what I understood to last decorative art?
It therefore struck me that the means The Hanging Committee were thinking mightiness dominion out anything yesteryear people like Grayson Perry (ceramicist and textile artist)  - who is an creative individual who comments on the social status together with is ane of the to a greater extent than innovative artists or therefore today.  Then I began to wonder whether this explained why therefore many people hadn't taken him seriously equally an creative individual - until he became a Royal Academician.

Then I began to wonder close other artists who were non seen equally "proper artists" because they failed to suit to the conventional thought of what is "real art".

Three Questions for Discussion

I'm turning this weblog post over to my readers - hither are some questions to become you lot started
  1. What is the divergence betwixt fine art (as inward 'real art') together with 'decorative art'?
  2. How does an creative individual know when they're making 'real art' together with non 'decorative art'?
  3. Should 'decorative art' last spoken of inward a disparaging way?
Do delight experience gratuitous to COMMENT BELOW together with add together inward your persuasion of what is fine art together with how you lot define decorative fine art - together with what makes decorative fine art "OK"?


I've also added inward some resources below which relate to decorative art

ve been shout for myself merely what is this affair called  What is Decorative Art? DISCUSS
The Kiss (1907-1908) yesteryear Gustav Klimt
180 × 180 cm (70.9 × 70.9 in) crude oil on canvas
Collection: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere
Gustav Klimt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Decorative Art - what is it?

Below are some links to websites which supply an choice perspective on decorative art.

Reference
Academic Library
Art Museum
Art Society



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