This type of art includes the creation of furniture and accessory furnishings, rugs and carpets, tapestry, embroidery, book illustration, floral decorations, ceramic pottery, basketry, goldsmithing, enamelwork, silverware, and jewellery art and mosaic art, as well as stained glass and interior designwork. Chinese lacquerware and jade carving, are leading exemplars from Asia, as is Chinese porcelain - notably Ming ware. Decorative art also embraces just about any category of "precious or crafted object." This would include items such as Fabergé Easter Eggs, precious armour and weaponry and mantelpieces, theatrical sets, backdrops and costumes.
Nowadays, several modern forms of decorative work involving interior/fashion design, graphics, or computers, are known as "design" disciplines rather than decorative art. The meaning of decorative arts becomes less important. .
In the other side, fine Art is also called the visual arts that refer to an art form practiced mainly for its aesthetic value and its beauty rather than its functional value. Fine art is rooted in drawing and design-based works. It is often contrasted with decorative art (applied art and crafts) which is traditionally seen as utilitarian activities. Other non-design-based activities regarded as fine arts.
Fine art could date back to the Acheulian period of prehistoric art: to proto-sculptures such as the Venus of Berekhat Ram and the Venus of Tan-Tan and to cave paintings from Chauvet Cave Lascaux, Altamira, Pech-Merle, and Cosquer. .
Fine artists were regarded as mere skilled workers during the era of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including those of later Greek, Roman and Byzantine culture, as well as medieval Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic art. It wasn't until the Renaissance that the profession of "artist" was reached to a new higher level, reflecting the newly perceived importance of the "design" element.
