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The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts, also involve aspects of the visual arts, as well as arts of other types. Within the visual arts, the applied arts, such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design, and decorative art are also included. Current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as applied or decorative arts and crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, the term 'artist' had for some centuries often been restricted to a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the decorative arts, crafts, or applied visual arts media. The distinction was emphasized by artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement, who valued vernacular art forms as much as high forms. Art schools made a distinction between the fine arts and the crafts, maintaining that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of the arts. The increasing tendency to privilege painting, and to a lesser degree sculpture, above other arts has been a feature of Western art as well as East Asian art. In both regions, painting has been seen as relying on the imagination of the artist to the highest degree and being the furthest removed from manual labour – in Chinese painting, the most highly valued styles were those of "scholar-painting", at least in theory practiced by gentleman amateurs. The Western hierarchy of genres reflected similar attitudes.

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Article title : Visual arts
"printmaking) and not the decorative arts, crafts, or applied visual arts media. The distinction was emphasized by artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement, who valued..."
Article title : Martial arts
"martial arts was popularized by mainstream popular culture during the 1960s to 1970s, notably by Hong Kong martial arts films and martial artists such as..."
Article title : Bachelor of Fine Arts
"Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students pursuing a professional education in the visual arts, fine art, or performing arts. In..."
Article title : Performing arts
"of the performing arts. The performing arts often aim to express emotions or feelings. Artists who participate in performing arts in front of an audience..."
Article title : National Medal of Arts
"Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. A prestigious..."
Article title : Royal Academy of Arts
"institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the fine arts through exhibitions,..."
Article title : Kennedy Center
""Washington Performing Arts | The Arts as a Unifying Force". Washington Performing Arts. "Young Concert Artists - Home". Young Concert Artists. Darling, Lynn..."
Article title : Fiber art
"used.[citation needed] Fiber artists face the same dilemma of all artists; determining "what is art?" More so with fiber arts and other media associated..."
Article title : Fine art
"associated with the visual arts in its presentation as text. However, through its association with the Young British Artists and the Turner Prize during..."
Article title : Artist
"designers, multimedia artists, animators, and fashion designers. Many artists work part-time as artists and hold a second job. The arts portal Biography portal..."

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