The arts

thumb|upright=1.5|Visual artworks: (clockwise from upper left) an 1887 [[self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh; a female ancestor figure by a Chokwe artist; detail from The Birth of Venus (–1486) by Sandro Botticelli; and an Okinawan Shisa lion]] Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around works utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, technical proficiency, or beauty.

thumb|Mona Lisa (1503–1517) by [[Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most recognizable paintings.]]

Wikimedia portal

artistic style of representing subjects realistically

art developed primarily for aesthetics

group of creative disciplines in which human expression and creativity, usually influenced by culture (use Q2018526 for the general concept of art)

art using the actions of an artist or other participants (not to be confused with performing arts)

arts that apply design and decoration to everyday objects

concept designating the extra-categorical attributes of beings

thumb|In the Studio, by Marie Bashkirtseff, 1881, oil on canvas, [[Dnipro State Art Museum, Dnipro, Ukraine]]

form of culture, opposite of popular culture, that is accepted and valued by opinion-elites

thumb|The ceiling of Dilwara Temples|Dilwara Jain Temples famous for its extraordinary marble stone carvings and architectural design. Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making stone or wooden sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay, fruit, and melted glas

thumb|A pastiche combining elements of paintings by Pollaiuolo and [[Botticelli (Portrait of a Woman and '''' respectively), using Photoshop]]

academic discipline studying film's relationship to reality, the arts, viewers & society

various forms of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional graphics, in particular drawing and printmaking

practice of performing in public places, for gratuities

Diegesis (; , ) is a style of fiction storytelling in which a participating narrator offers an on-site, often interior, view of the scene to the reader, viewer, or listener by subjectively describing the actions and, in some cases, thoughts, of one or more characters. Diegetic events are those experienced by both the characters within a piece and the audience, while non-diegetic elements of a story make up the "fourth wall" separating the characters from the audience. Diegesis in music describes a character's ability to hear the music presented for the audience, in the context of musical theat

art that involves the spectator

craft

deliberate distortion of rules or convention for aesthetic reasons

aspect of freedom

art related activity

art genre in which computers are used as a main tool in the creative process

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, art patronage refers to the support that princes, popes, and other wealthy and influential people have provided to artists such as musicians, painters, and sculptors. It can also refer to the right of bestowing offices or church benefices, the business given to a store by a regular customer, and the guardianship of saints. The word patron derives from the Latin ('patron'), one who gives benefits to his clients (see patronage in ancient Rome).

medieval concept of ordered practices or skills, often juxtaposed to the traditional seven liberal arts (Artes liberales)

set of works that are claimed to hold literary merit, contrasted with popular, commercial, or genre fiction

re-making of a work for a different purpose or audience, or in a different form

art genre of artistic activity that is based in a community setting

emerging artforms inspired by data and information technology

thumb|upright|Plastic bottles (with LED lights) repurposed as a chandelier during [[Ramadan in the Muslim Quarter, Jerusalem ]] thumb|St William's College ([[York) facade. The curved wood protrusions are probably repurposed ship frames.]] thumb|African music instrument made from a food can Repurposing is the process by which an object with one use value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use value.

written expression of gratitude for assistance in creating a work

Russian reference book for art market regulations

formal qualitative inquiry that uses artistic processes

vocation; practice of managing cultural resources, such as the arts and heritage

branch of economics that studies the economics of creation, distribution, and the consumption of cultural products