graphic arts

American  

plural noun

1. Also called graphics.  the arts or techniques, as engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut, lithography, and other methods, by which copies of an original design are printed from a plate, block, or the like.

2. the arts of drawing, painting, and printmaking.

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graphic arts British  

plural noun

1. any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds

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Etymology

Origin of graphic arts

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

At the university, he worked as a graphic arts and media intern for the athletic department, his family said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2021

Afrofuturism uses literature and the graphic arts, music and dance, film and television to imagine Black people into a future long denied them.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2021

Mike Howard started selling masks from his screen-printing and graphic arts shop, Brandall, as a way to recoup some of the money he’s lost this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2020

He stayed busy, working in a mechanic shop, and in graphic arts.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2018

The graphic arts form a special case of their own.

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