DECORATIVE ART

GLASSWARE

        There are many forms of art whose primary function is to please the eye alone but decorative arts are those which pleases the eye but at the same time it is functional. It includes interior designing but not architecture. This is not much of a contemporary work. These basically includes ceramic art (pottery), glassware, furniture, metal work , wall paper, textile arts or jewelry. These forms of art have been famous from the ancient times as the history holds some instances of antique furnitures and pottery.

        Ceramics, basketry, pottery, metal furniture, jewelry, textile, clothing, glassware etc are mostly associated with decorative art. Earlier painting and sculptures were thought to be decorative art form but the modern theory distinguishes them into different forms. It is also to be noted that different cultures have different form of decorative art. As objects for daily use, works of decorative art allow a close insight into cultures of the past. Among its holdings, the National Gallery has an extensive collection of European furniture, tapestries, and ceramics from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as well as medieval church vessels.

20TH CENTURY'S ART

        Sometimes also called as ornamental art, decorative art may be worked out within the traditional definition of decorative arts, prizing only preindustrial handcraftsmanship, but many others now conduct research in a wide range of household furnishings in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Recently, scholars have expanded the field of decorative arts by including in their analyses less exclusive and less “beautiful” artifacts. These arts motivate people, in a sense that it inclines human towards the nature. For example- a beautiful glassware holds a beautiful flower whose sight pleases the eyes. As such one should take dignity of  producing as well as using such arts.