一、美术概念与范围( Concept and Scope)   美术，通常是指利用有形物质材料，如绘画用纸、绢、布、墨、颜料,雕塑用泥土、石料、金属、木头等，创造出含有一定空间和审美价值、人们能够直接感觉到视觉形象艺术。因而美术，又称造型艺术或视觉艺术。 Generally speaking , arts is an arts, which people use the shaped materials to create visual images that can be felt directly , thus arts is also called plastic arts or visual arts.
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美术概念与范围
  传统上美术普通泛指供人们观赏观赏性艺术，如绘画、雕塑等（见图1-1）。  Traditional arts often refers to those ornamental arts , like paintings, sculptures ,etc.(Figure 1-1)
图1-1：左： 宋 王希孟《千里江山图 》       右：雕塑《马 ...