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fine arts

Cultural  
  1. Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture, and music are fine arts.


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Named after the activist and academic Angela Davis, an anti-racism icon, Hill studied fine arts at a college in New York.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

The Victoria & Albert Museum in west London is the world’s largest museum of design, decorative and fine arts.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

A talented artist, the young Morris had spent his national service lecturing soldiers in fine arts and had exhibited surrealist paintings alongside Joan Miró.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

In a February conversation with Matthew McConaughey for CNN and Variety, Chalamet praised the people keeping the theater-going experience alive amid the popularity of streaming before giving his temperature check on the fine arts world.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

Indeed, except for portraiture, it can be argued that the decorative arts were the fine arts of America.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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