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Encyclopedia > Visual Arts and Design

Many times, the term art is used to refer to the visual arts. The visual arts generally encompass areas such as painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, many design disciplines, as well the decorative arts like textile art and metalwork.


Contrast the visual arts with sculpture or the performing arts, such as music, theater, and dance.

Contents
1 Types of visual arts
2 History of the visual arts
3 Art genres
4 See also

Types of visual arts

(sometimes called "fine arts")

History of the visual arts

  • History of cinema
  • History of design
  • History of fashion
  • History of painting
  • History of photography
  • History of sculpture

See also: Art movements


Art genres

See also

 

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