Synonyms

visual arts

American

plural noun

the arts created primarily for visual perception, as drawing, graphics, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts.

visual arts British

plural noun

the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature

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Example Sentences

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Visual arts journalist Jan Patience said she was "almost speechless" that they had been lost.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

Visual arts, music, and dance continue ancestral conversations when words cease.

From Time • Jul. 22, 2015

Visual arts focused on the culture of indigenous Sami people are on exhibit at Bildmuseet, the city’s contemporary arts museum that reopened in 2012 in a glass-and-wood building designed by Henning Larsen Architects.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2014

Visual arts David Hockney Once upon a time, an artist named David Hockney made 39 etchings for a lovely book of six Brothers Grimm fairy tales.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2012

There were three winners for excellence in arts teaching: Visual arts instructors Bryan Hill of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School and Garwin Zamora of D.C.

From Washington Post

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