Visual Art

The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture. These definitions should not be taken too strictly as many artistic disciplines (performing arts, conceptual art, textile arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types. Also included within the visual arts[1] are the applied arts[2] such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art.[3]

Ways of Seeing
Seven Days in the Art World
The Story of Art
On Photography
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Wall and Piece
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Towards a Philosophy of Photography
Une Semaine de Bonté
The Americans
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
The Artist's Way
What Is Art?
The Art Book

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