Plastic Arts are those visual arts that involve the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way, often in three dimensions. Examples are clay, paint and plaster. Arts that can be said to be Plastic Arts are therefore Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, etc. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Look up material in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of clay. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... // Gypsum plaster Plaster of Paris, or simply plaster, is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally (CaSO₄)₂*H₂O. It is created by heating gypsum to about 150 ℃, 2(CaSO₄ · 2H₂O) → (CaSO₄)₂ · H₂O + 3 H₂O (released as steam). ... For building painting, see painter and decorator. ... why hello hello Sculptor redirects here. ... Drawing involves the choice of one or more tools from a wide variety and the choice of a support appropriate to that tool in order to make marks. ...

The plastic arts may refer to:

• Architecture
• Ceramics
• Land art
• Metalworking
• Paper art
• The use of Plastics within the arts or as an artform itself.
• Sculpture
• Textile art
• Woodworking
• Glass

Materials that can be carved or shaped, such as stone or wood, concrete or steel are also included in this definition since, with appropriate tools, such materials are also capable of modulation. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Ceramics is the art form that uses ceramic materials to produce works of art. ... The Spiral Jetty from atop Rozel Point, in mid-April 2005. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic condensation or polymerization products that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or fibers. ... The arts is a broad subdivision of culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. ... why hello hello Sculptor redirects here. ... Textile art is the creation of textiles or creation with textiles. ... Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ...

This use of the term "plastic" in the arts should not be confused with Piet Mondrian's use, nor with the movement he termed, in French and English, "Neoplasticism." Piet Mondrian in his studio in 1941 as photographed by Arnold Newman Pieter Cornelis (Piet) Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, (pronounced: Pete Mon-dree-on, IPA: ) (b. ... Dutch De Stijl (pr. ...

Further reading

• Barnes, A.C., The Art in Painting, 3rd edition,1937,Harcourt,Brace & World, Inc., NY
• Bukumirovic, D. (1998). Maga Magazinović. Biblioteka Fatalne srpkinje knj. br. 4. Beograd: Narodna knj.
• Gerón, C. (2000). Enciclopedia de las artes plásticas dominicanas: 1844-2000. 4th ed. Dominican Republic s.n.
• 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.
• Laban, R. V. (1976). The language of movement: a guidebook to choreutics. Boston: Plays
• Laban, R.v. (1974). Effort: economy in body movement. 2d ed. Boston: Plays, inc
• La Farge, O. (1930). Plastic prayers: dances of the Southwestern Indians. N.p.
• Restany, P. (1974). Plastics in arts. Paris, New York: N.p
• University of Pennsylvania. (1969). Plastics and new art. Philadelphia: The Falcon Pr.

See also

• Visual arts
• Media (arts)
• Art materials
• Recording medium