Plastic arts refers to the art of visual static spatial images created with certain material materials and means, commonly known as fine arts, is a grasp of fine arts in terms of material materials and means.

Plastic arts is a kind of reproduction space art, is also a kind of static visual art.

Mainly includes painting, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, printmaking, arts and crafts, seal engraving, art design, etc. The 18th century German philosopher Lessing began to use this term in "Laocoon". The original meaning of modeling in German is "molding". It was widely used in China after the 20th century.

Modeling is the creation of form, which is the main feature of the fine arts. The term "plastic arts" originated in German, and was first used by the German literary theorist G.E. Lessing. It was only after the 20th century that it was widely used in China and calligraphy and seal cutting were included in its extension.

In the field of plastic arts, the aesthetic characteristics of different kinds of art vary due to the differences in the material materials used and the means of expression.

Aesthetic Characteristics of the Plastic Arts:

1. Plasticity.

Space material form is as a form of spatial art, the most basic characteristic of the plastic arts is the plasticity, refers to the artist to use certain material materials and means, in a certain space inside the shape of the artistic image, but also a direct form of spatial existence .

2. The permanence and instantaneity before the apex.

Plastic art shapes the static image of visible space, from its nature, is not suitable to realize the movement and process of things, and the artist in the material material and means of a certain situation shaped by the artistic image, can only be said to be the artistic image of the process of movement of the solidification of a certain point in time.

3, from reproduction to performance.

The plastic arts is also a long reproduction and strive to realize the aesthetic characteristics, the same as the static modeling, is different from the literary arts, is the language can be directly expressed through the inner world of the characters, expressing the character's thoughts and feelings.