The arts

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The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. In modern usage, it is a broader term than art, which usually means the visual arts (comprised of both fine art and crafts).

A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included:

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• Architecture
• Art & Visual arts
• Crafts
• Dance
• Design

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• Drawing
• Film
• Literature
• Music
• Opera

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• Painting
• Photography
• Poetry
• Sculpture
• Theatre & Performing arts

|} Historically, the arts also included the liberal arts taught in medieval universities as part of the Trivium and the Quadrivium (grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.)

In modern academia, the Arts are usually grouped with or a subset of the Humanities. Some subjects in the Humanities are history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, women's studies.

Newspapers such as the New York Times and The Times of London typically include a section on the Arts.

See also

• Academic disciplines of the Humanities and Arts
• Art
• Art history
• Fine art
• Humanities
• Social sciences

External links

• [Dictionary of the history of ideas — Classification of the arts]
• [Open Directory — Arts]
• [National Endowment for the Arts — USA]
• [Arts Council — England]
• [Americans for the Arts]
• [ArtsJournal — Daily Arts News]
• [Arts — New York Times]
• [Arts — The Times]
• [Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA)]
• [History of Art: From Paleolithic Age to Contemporary Art]

 

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