Sculptures, figurines

A type of plastic arts, the works of which, along with architecture, artistically shape the material environment surrounding a person and introduce an aesthetic ideological and figurative principle into it. Works of decorative and applied art meet several requirements:

• have aesthetic quality;
• designed for artistic effect;
• are used to decorate everyday life and interiors.

Classification of branches of decorative and applied arts:

• by material (metal, ceramics, textiles, wood);
• by material processing technique (carving, painting, embroidery, printing, casting, chasing, intarsia, etc.)
• according to the functional characteristics of the use of the item (furniture, dishes, toys).