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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 to the highest degree on the imagination of the artist 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. (Full article...)

Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such as documentary photography, social documentary photography, war photography, street photography and celebrity photography) by having a rigid ethical framework which demands an honest and impartial approach that tells a story in strictly journalistic terms. Photojournalists contribute to the news media, and help communities connect with one other. They must be well-informed and knowledgeable, and are able to deliver news in a creative manner that is both informative and entertaining.

Similar to a writer, a photojournalist is a reporter, but they must often make decisions instantly and carry photographic equipment, often while exposed to significant obstacles, among them immediate physical danger, bad weather, large crowds, and limited physical access to their subjects. (Full article...)

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Phoenix detail from the Aberdeen Bestiary

Credit: Aberdeen Bestiary

Illustration detail of a phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary, a 12th century example of an illustrated manuscript.

“	I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.	”
	— Joan Miró, unknown

Oxman in 2017

Neri Oxman (Hebrew: נרי אוקסמן; born February 6, 1976) is an American-Israeli designer and former professor known for art that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work.

Oxman was a professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, where she founded and led the Mediated Matter research group. She has had exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Boston's Museum of Science, SFMOMA, and the Centre Pompidou, which have her works in their permanent collections. (Full article...)

List of selected biographies

... that the documentary Railway with a Heart of Gold has actual footage of a derailment captured whilst the filmmaker was attached to the side of the train?
... that Mexican filmmaker David Zonana wrote his first feature film after producing for two other directors?
... that Percy Kelly hoarded his drawings and paintings until the end of his life, saying that his cottage would someday "upstage Beatrix Potter's home"?
... that a Syrian filmmaker repurposed footage from his first film in his last film in order to criticize his younger self?
... that the early woman explorer Adèle de Dombasle travelled to Polynesia in 1847 and worked as an illustrator, drawing people such as Queen Pōmare IV?
... that the art of Irma Blank, of "drawing languages without words" and including sounds, was recognised in the 1970s but fell into obscurity until a rediscovery in the 2010s?
... that in May 1983 British public health physician Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978?
... that the author of Sugar Dog Life ended up buying and raising a cactus after drawing one in the manga?

The following are images from various visual arts-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Joan Miró, Horse, Pipe and Red Flower, 1920, abstract Surrealism, Philadelphia Museum of Art (from History of painting)
Image 2Rembrandt van Rijn, The Jewish Bride, ca. 1665–1669 (from History of painting)
Image 3Patrick Henry Bruce, American modernism, 1924 (from History of painting)
Image 4The Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Florida (from Contemporary art)
Image 5An Ethiopian illuminated Evangelist portrait of Mark the Evangelist, from the Ethiopian Garima Gospels, 6th century AD, Kingdom of Aksum (from History of painting)
Image 6Pierre Bonnard, 1913, European modernist Narrative painting (from History of painting)
Image 7Grant Wood, 1930, social realism (from History of painting)
Image 8Spring Morning in the Han Palace, by Ming-era artist Qiu Ying (1494–1552 AD) (from History of painting)
Image 9Eland, rock painting, Drakensberg, South Africa (from History of painting)
Image 10Irbid, Jordan, "We are Arabs. We are Humans". Inside Out is a global participatory art project, initiated by the French photographer JR, an example of Street art. (from Contemporary art)
Image 11In 2021, researchers discovered ancient cave art in Leang Tedongnge, Sulawesi, Indonesia, estimated to be at least 45,500 years old. Depicting a warty pig, this artwork is recognized as the world’s oldest known example of figurative or representational art. (from History of painting)
Image 12Qianlong Emperor Practicing Calligraphy, mid-18th century. (from History of painting)
Image 13Mother Goddess A miniature painting of the Pahari style, dating to the eighteenth century. Pahari and Rajput miniatures share many common features. (from History of painting)
Image 14Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, an American Scene painting (from History of painting)
Image 15Francis Picabia, (Left) Le saint des saints c'est de moi qu'il s'agit dans ce portrait, 1 July 1915; (center) Portrait d'une jeune fille americaine dans l'état de nudité, 5 July 1915: (right) J'ai vu et c'est de toi qu'il s'agit, De Zayas! De Zayas! Je suis venu sur les rivages du Pont-Euxin, New York, 1915 (from History of painting)
Image 16Baptism of Christ on a medieval Nubian painting from Old Dongola (from History of painting)
Image 17The Sakyamuni Buddha, by Zhang Shengwen, 1173–1176 AD, Song dynasty period. (from History of painting)
Image 18Hand stencils in the "Tree of Life" cave painting in Gua Tewet, Kalimantan, Indonesia (from History of painting)
Image 19Loquats and Mountain Bird, anonymous artist of the Southern Song dynasty; paintings in leaf album style such as this were popular in the Southern Song (1127–1279). (from History of painting)
Image 20Wayang beber, 17th century (from History of painting)
Image 21Two Scribes Seated with Books and a Writing Table Fragment of a decorative margin Northern India (Mughal school), ca. 1640–1650 (from History of painting)
Image 22Kiasma, a contemporary art museum in Helsinki, Finland (from Contemporary art)
Image 23Petroglyphs, from Sweden, Nordic Bronze Age (painted) (from History of painting)
Image 24Barnett Newman, Untitled Etching 1 (First Version), 1968, Minimalism (from History of painting)
Image 25Muromachi period, Shingei (1431–1485), Viewing a Waterfall, Nezu Museum, Tokyo. (from History of painting)
Image 26Poster to promote the Centennial of Argentina (1910) (from Graphic design)
Image 27Bharat Mata by Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), a nephew of the poet Rabindranath Tagore, and a pioneer of the movement (from History of painting)
Image 28Cover of the Thanksgiving 1895 issue of The Chap-Book, designed by Will H. Bradley (from Graphic design)
Image 29Henri Matisse 1909, late Fauvism (from History of painting)
Image 30A Boeing 747 aircraft with livery designating it as Air Force One. The cyan forms, the US flag, presidential seal and the Caslon lettering, were all designed at different times, by different designers, for different purposes, and combined by designer Raymond Loewy in this one single aircraft exterior design. (from Graphic design)
Image 31Spanish cave painting of Bulls (from History of painting)
Image 32Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon, painting on silk, dated to 5th–3rd century BC, Warring States period, from Zidanku Tomb no. 1 in Changsha, Hunan Province (from History of painting)
Image 33Golden section in book design (from Graphic design)
Image 34Pictographs from the Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park, Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, c. 1500 BCE (from History of painting)
Image 35Young Mother Sewing, Mary Cassatt (from History of painting)
Image 36Due to its interdisciplinary nature, graphic design can be performed in different areas of application: branding, technical and artistic drawing, signage, photography, image and video editing, 3D modeling, animation, programming, among other fields. (from Graphic design)
Image 37A fresco from Cave 1 of Ajanta. (from History of painting)
Image 38Paul Klee, 1922, Bauhaus (from History of painting)
Image 39Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, rock painting, Stone Age, India (from History of painting)
Image 40Diego Rivera, Recreation of Man at the Crossroads (renamed Man, Controller of the Universe), originally created in 1934, Mexican muralism movement (from History of painting)
Image 41Colour (from Graphic design)
Image 42Brice Marden, 1966/1986, Monochrome painting (from History of painting)
Image 43Lascaux, Horse (from History of painting)
Image 44Lascaux, Aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius) (from History of painting)
Image 45Morgan Russell, Cosmic Synchromy (1913–14), Synchromism (from History of painting)
Image 46A fresco showing Hades and Persephone riding in a chariot, from the tomb of Queen Eurydice I of Macedon at Vergina, Greece, 4th century BC (from History of painting)
Image 47Edvard Munch, 1893, early example of Expressionism (from History of painting)
Image 48Gwion Gwion rock paintings found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia c. 15,000 BC (from History of painting)
Image 49A Chinese painted jar from the Western Han Era (202 BCE – 9 CE) (from History of painting)
Image 50Juan Luna, The Parisian Life, 1892 (from History of painting)
Image 51Piet Mondrian, "Composition No. 10" 1939–1942, De Stijl (from History of painting)
Image 52Giorgio de Chirico 1914, pre-Surrealism (from History of painting)
Image 53Max Ernst, 1920, early Surrealism (from History of painting)
Image 54Book of Hours (from History of painting)
Image 55Max Beckmann, The Night (Die Nacht), 1918–1919, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (from History of painting)
Image 56Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of the Hands) in the Santa Cruz province in Argentina, c. 7300 BC (from History of painting)
Image 57Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, rock painting, Stone Age, India (from History of painting)
Image 58Juan Luna, La Bulaqueña, 1895 (from History of painting)
Image 59Graphic symbols are often functionalist and anonymous, as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. (from Graphic design)
Image 60The Eternal Father Painting the Virgin of Guadalupe. Attributed to Joaquín Villegas (1713 – active in 1753) (Mexican) (painter, Museo Nacional de Arte. (from History of painting)
Image 61Hellenistic Greek terracotta funerary wall painting, 3rd century BC (from History of painting)
Image 62Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 1912, Philadelphia Museum of Art (from History of painting)
Image 63Lascaux, Bulls and Horses (from History of painting)

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