visual arts
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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According to “Duet,” Eleanor Chan’s lively illustrated history of the bond between music and the visual arts, those underground shelters were not merely ancient art galleries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Unlike the other visual arts, photography nowadays is practiced by virtually everyone and, to a greater extent than the other visual arts, it is put to more uses than just aesthetic pleasure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
When he returned to L.A., where he had studied journalism at USC, Nicholas took classes in the visual arts and built a law practice that included representation of artists and galleries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
He was appointed an OBE for services to visual arts in 2003.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025
It was an artistic tool, an infinite nothing that ushered in the great Renaissance in the visual arts.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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