Branches of Visual Arts
Class 9 · Arts
4 ideas in Class 9 Arts, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Painting and Sculpture
Part of: Visual arts
Drawing and painting create pictures on flat two-dimensional surfaces using pencils, pens, pastels, inks, oils, watercolours, acrylics, tempera and natural dyes on paper, fabrics and walls. Masters include Nandalal Bose, Abanindranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-gil and Raja Ravi Verma. Sculpture instead builds three-dimensional art from clay, wood, stone, metal, fibreglass, plaster, fabric, natural fibres and recycled matter, as seen in Chandigarh's Rock Garden by makers like Ramkinkar Baij.
Why it matters. Two great branches start every art journey.
Try it in two minutes
- Define painting surfaces.
- Define sculpture materials.
- Name three painters.
Try at home. Paint one wall-safe poster.
Prints and Photos
Part of: Visual arts
Printmaking multiplies one artwork into editions by carving images on woodblocks, metal plates, stone or linoleum, inking with rollers and pressing paper by hand or machine; textile printers press inked blocks onto fabric in patterns. Woodcut, lithography, etching and screen printing or serigraphy lead the processes. Photography crafts art with cameras and software, while photojournalism documents events, people, places and nature for reportage; fine-art photography explores image-making, effects and photo-montage compilations, practised by pioneers like Lala Deen Dayal and Homai Vyarawala.
Why it matters. Prints and photos spread art everywhere.
Try it in two minutes
- Define printmaking.
- Name four print processes.
- Split photo types.
Try at home. Make a photo-montage poster.
Design and Crafts
Part of: Visual arts
Applied arts span graphic, product, industrial, animation, film and video, textile and fashion design, where creators solve daily problems through functional objects, spaces and sharp visual communication; names like Dashrath Patel and Satyajit Ray shine here. Heritage crafts hand-make objects, fabrics, toys and artefacts with simple machines, making India a treasure trove now fused with product, furniture, ceramic, glass and textile design, revived by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and Pupul Jayakar.
Why it matters. Design and craft shape the objects we love.
Try it in two minutes
- Name six design fields.
- State the designer mission.
- Name two craft revivers.
Try at home. List design fields at home.
Buildings, Past and Museums
Part of: Visual arts
Architecture fuses structural engineering with design to raise buildings for many functions, while archaeology mixes science with history to read artefacts and picture the past. Museology guards art history through museum management, education and preservation with restoration and conservation. Festival teams match talents well: graphic designers template posters, sculptors model entrance mascots, printmakers craft invitations and photographers document the event.
Why it matters. These fields shelter memory and beauty.
Try it in two minutes
- Define three disciplines.
- Assign the festival mascot.
- Assign event documentation.
Try at home. Match festival jobs to artists.
What your child will practise
- Buildings, Past and Museums: Candy Quest (Flip and Match)
- Buildings, Past and Museums: Desert Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Design and Crafts: Time Travel Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Painting and Sculpture: Explorer'S Map Quest (Match It Up)
- Prints and Photos: Space Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Quiz: Buildings, Past and Museums (8 questions)
- Quiz: Design and Crafts (8 questions)
- Quiz: Painting and Sculpture (8 questions)
- Quiz: Prints and Photos (8 questions)