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How many painting-based arts are there in the world?

The fine arts are usually categorized into painting, sculpture, architecture, and practical arts (also known as arts and crafts or design). (Painting is the process of creating an artistic image on a flat surface with a certain shape, volume, texture, and spatial sensation. Distinguished by painting: oil painting, printmaking, Chinese painting, watercolor painting, murals, drawings, sketches and other types of paintings: according to the subject matter: there are annual paintings, propaganda paintings, comic strips, cartoons, group paintings and novel illustrations, etc.; according to the expression of the subject matter and content; there are landscapes, custom paintings, historical paintings, religious paintings, portrait paintings, still-life paintings and so on. The world of works of art, from the material materials and production methods, can be divided into painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, architectural art, design, calligraphy, industrial design, decorative arts and other categories, the above classification is a broad classification. The above categorization is a broad one, while the narrower categorization generally refers to painting, sculpture, architecture, arts and crafts, and so on. From the point of view of use, fine art can also be divided into two major systems: pure art and craft art. The so-called fine art mainly refers to paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, seal cutting, and sometimes music and poetry, which fulfill the needs of spiritual entertainment and appreciation for the purpose of aesthetics. Because these arts condense social and cultural consciousness and aesthetic consciousness, so sometimes some people also called literary arts; the so-called arts and crafts, we generally divide it into two categories of practical arts, special crafts, they mainly include architecture, gardening, arts and crafts, industrial design. These arts have a certain utilitarian purpose, to meet the material needs of people in food, clothing, housing, transportation and other aspects. Of course, this division is not absolute. For example, weaving handicrafts, toys, silk flowers, etc., they are between practical and pure appreciation. It can be seen, pure art does not exclude utilitarian purposes, arts and crafts can not completely abandon the pursuit of beauty.