Editing Plastic arts (section)

==History==
The word ''plastic'' draws from the Ancient Greek {{lang|grc|πλαστικός}} (''plastikós''), which means 'to mold' or 'to shape'.<ref>{{cite web |title=It's Greek to Me: PLASTIC |publisher=University of Iowa |access-date=8 February 2025 |url=https://bam.sites.uiowa.edu/its-greek-me/plastic}}</ref> It has long preceded its dominant modern meaning as a [[Plastic|synthetic material]]. The term ''plastic arts'' has been used historically to denote visual art forms (painting, sculpture, and ceramics) as opposed to literature or music. 

The related terms ''plasticity'' and ''plasticism'' became more widely used in the early 20th century by critics discussing modern painting, particularly the works of [[Paul Cézanne]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Jill Anderson |last=Kyle |date=2009 |title=Cezanne and American Modernism |editor-last1= Staviydky |editor-last2=Rothkoff |publisher=Yale University Press |edition=First |pages=67,68 |url=https://archive.org/details/cezanneamericanm0000ceza/page/66/mode/2up |isbn=9780300147155}}</ref>
 
The oldest known "plastic art" dates back to 30,000–34,000 [[Before present|BP]]. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Witzel |first1=E. J. Michael |title=The Origins of the World's Mythologies |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199710157 |page=260 |url=https://archive.org/details/originsofworldsm0000witz/page/260/mode/2up?q=plastic+arts |language=en |quote=Apart from rock art, whether engraved, drawn, or painted, there also exist some examples of early sculptures and plastic art (30,000–34,000 bp )}}</ref>