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visual arts

American  

plural noun

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


visual arts British  

plural noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The long legacy and history of visual arts with music, they are hand in hand because in some ways they elevate each other,” Lawrence says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Facing a $160 million deficit, the University of Chicago paused admissions this year into more than a dozen Ph.D. programs, including anthropology, social work, social thought, Middle Eastern studies, Romance languages and visual arts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

In the following months, Novack plans to take classes in landscape design, visual arts and film production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

One of the most prestigious awards for visual arts, the Turner Prize was established in 1984 to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

In the visual arts, style means the particular way in which the forms that make up any given work of art are chosen and fitted together.

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

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