The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but w
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as pe
History of art
…symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human creativity; or focusing on different…
The Church at Auvers, an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh (1890)
Christiaan Tonnis - Female Warrior No. 14 'Extinction', pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1981
Ancient Chinese engraving of female instrumentalists
The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest printed book (868 CE)