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These interests may be overriding, and spawn products masquerading as art. Then it’s up to discerning observers to identify any Fads, Fakes and Fantasies . The numerous visual arts exist within a continuum that ranges from purely aesthetic purposes at one end to purely utilitarian purposes on the other. Such a polarity of function is reflected in the commonly used terms artist and artisan, the latter understood as one who gives appreciable attention to the utilitarian.
In the Western tradition, the three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and structure.…
