Arts

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This article discusses the range artistic modes. For the computer application, see aRts.

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

• Art / Visual arts
• Architecture
• Crafts
• Dance
• Design / Graphic design
• Drawing
• Film
• Literature
• Music
• Painting
• Photography
• Pottery
• Sculpture
• Theater

In 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.

See also

• Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Art
• Art
• Art history
• Fine art
• Humanities
• Academic disciplines of the Humanities and Arts
• Social Sciences

External links

• Dictionary of the history of ideas - Classification of the arts (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-56)