School of the Art Institute of Chicago (file photo)

The arts, including the fine arts, have the power to nurture people's souls and cultivate their minds. According to Dictionary.com, a fine art is "a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics and architecture."

Here we have picked out some of the top colleges in the world, known to be the best places to study the fine arts, for your reference.

Top 10: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located in the heart of Chicago, is a highly reputed top art education institution in the United States. Built in 1866, the school is a leading power in educating artists, designers and scholars. It provides students with unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities. The school also has a museum which houses a great number of Impressionist master pieces and US art works.