fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of artpainting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years" texture - the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" reproduce - recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" classical - of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times |