Editing Fine art (section)

=== Three-dimensional works ===
==== Architecture ====
{{Main|Architecture}}
[[Architecture]] is frequently considered a fine art, especially if its [[aesthetics|aesthetic]] components are spotlighted – in contrast to [[structural engineering|structural-engineering]] or [[construction management|construction-management]] components. Architectural works are perceived as cultural and political [[symbol]]s and works of art. Historical [[civilization]]s often are known primarily through their architectural achievements. Such buildings as the [[pyramids]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] and the Roman [[Colosseum]] are cultural symbols, and are important links in public consciousness, even when [[scholars]] have discovered much about past civilizations through other means. Cities, regions, and cultures continue to identify themselves with, and are known by, their architectural monuments.<ref>The [[Tower Bridge]], the [[Eiffel Tower]] and the [[Colosseum]] are representative of the buildings used on advertising brochures.</ref>

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Parthenon (30276156187).jpg|The [[Parthenon]] in the [[Acropolis of Athens]], dedicated to the [[Greek gods|goddess]] [[Athena]]
File:Colosseo 2020.jpg|The [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]]
Moscou.- La Cathédrale Basile-le-Bienheureux.jpg|[[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] from the [[Red Square]] (Moscow)
Stift Wilhering Kirche Orgel 01.jpg|Interior of the [[Wilhering Abbey]] ([[Wilhering]], [[Austria]]), an example of [[Rococo]] architecture
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==== Pottery ====
{{Main|Pottery|Ceramic}}
With some modern exceptions, [[pottery]] is not considered as fine art, but "fine pottery" remains a valid technical term, especially in [[archaeology]].  "Fine wares" are high-quality pottery, often painted, moulded or otherwise decorated, and in many periods distinguished from "coarse wares", which are basic utilitarian pots used by the mass of the population, or in the kitchen rather than for more formal purposes.

Even when, as with [[porcelain]] figurines, a piece of pottery has no practical purpose, the making of it is typically a collaborative and semi-industrial one, involving many participants with different skills.

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Baltimore Painter - Volute Krater - Walters 4886 - Side A.jpg|[[Ancient Greek art|Ancient Greek]] volute krater; 320–310 BC; ceramic; height: 1.1 m; [[Walters Art Museum]] ([[Baltimore]], US)
The David Vases.jpg|The [[David Vases]]; 1351 (the Yuan dynasty); porcelain, cobalt blue decor under glaze; height: 63.8&nbsp;cm; [[British Museum]] (London)
Oval basin or dish with subject from Amadis of Gaul MET DP320592.jpg|[[Renaissance art|Renaissance]] oval basin or dish with subject from Amadis of Gaul; circa 1559–1564; maiolica; overall: 6 × 67.3 × 52.4&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)
The Elements, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory - Indianapolis Museum of Art - DSC00573.JPG|[[Rococo]] [[personification]]s of [[Classical element]]s; 1760s; by the [[Chelsea porcelain factory]]; [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] ([[Indianapolis]], USA)
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==== Sculpture ====
{{Main|Sculpture}}
[[Sculpture]] is [[Three-dimensional space|three-dimensional]] artwork created by shaping hard or [[plastic]] material, commonly [[Stone sculpture|stone]] (either [[Rock (geology)|rock]] or [[marble]]), [[metal]], or [[wood]]. Some sculptures are created directly by [[wikt:carving|carving]]; others are assembled, built up and [[Kiln|fired]], [[Welding|welded]], [[Molding (process)|molded]], or [[Casting|cast]]. Because sculpture involves the use of materials that can be moulded or modulated, it is considered one of the [[plastic arts]]. The majority of [[public art]] is sculpture. Many sculptures together in a [[garden]] setting may be referred to as a [[sculpture garden]].

Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of [[Visual arts|art]] in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than [[pottery]]) from ancient cultures; conversely, traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, and this has been lost.<ref name="artmuseums.harvard.edu">[http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/exhibitions/sackler/godsInColor.html "Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity" September 2007 to January 2008, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104060402/http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/exhibitions/sackler/godsInColor.html |date=4 January 2009 }}</ref>

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'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU002.jpg|''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]''; by [[Michelangelo]]; 1501–1504; marble; 517&nbsp;cm × 199&nbsp;cm; [[Galleria dell'Accademia]] (Florence)
Nofretete Neues Museum.jpg|The ''[[Nefertiti Bust]]''; 1352–1332 BC; painted [[limestone]]; height: 50&nbsp;cm; [[Neues Museum]] ([[Berlin]], Germany)
Front views of the Venus de Milo.jpg|''[[Venus de Milo]]''; 130–100 BC; marble; height: 203&nbsp;cm (80&nbsp;in); Louvre
LouisXIV-Bernini.jpg|The ''[[Bust of Louis XIV (Bernini)|Bust of Louis XIV]]'' by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; 1665; marble; 105 × 99 × 46&nbsp;cm; Palace of Versailles
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