Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with a limited number of visual and performing art forms.
Schools, institutions and other organizations still use the term to refer to a traditional perspective on the art forms and thereby, often imply an association with classic or academic art.
The word "fine" does not so much denote the quality of the artwork in question, but rather the purity of the overall discipline.
Ultimately, the genesis for the word fine as used in "fine art" is with the concept of final cause, or purpose, or end, as defined within the philosophy of Aristotle.
The final cause of fine art is the art itself; it is not a means to another end except perhaps to please those who behold it.
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