Let's first recall James Webb Young's directive that "Principles and method are everything." This should apply to the Fine Arts in the same way it applies to the Liberal Arts, so experts in the Fine Arts would be highly skilled in the primary method (they know how to do things) and in principles (they know what really matters). If we next reflect on MacIntyre's claim that "Conversation, understood widely enough, is the form of human transaction in general" we can inch our way towards understanding that Fine Artists are --much like Liberal Artists-- people who are very skilled conversationalists.
help us get a grip on how to approach the Fine Arts. For starters, the method of the Fine Arts is again conversation.
Fine art describes any art form developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than utility. This type of art is often expressed in the production of art objects using visual and performing art forms, including painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre, architecture, photography and printmaking. Schools, institutes, and other organizations still use the term to indicate a traditional perspective on the art forms, often implying an association with classic or academic art.