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Page 175
... fine art " as the product of the leisure of the educated gentry , many of whom were amateur practition- ers of the arts of calligraphy , poetry , painting , and music . At this time a distinction began to ... Visual Arts , East Asian 175.
... fine art " as the product of the leisure of the educated gentry , many of whom were amateur practition- ers of the arts of calligraphy , poetry , painting , and music . At this time a distinction began to ... Visual Arts , East Asian 175.
Page 246
... visual art as made by historians and critics is as follows : architecture ; sculpture ; painting , with its relatives , now called the graphic arts , including drawing and such print- ed arts as engraving , etching ... Visual Arts , Western.
... visual art as made by historians and critics is as follows : architecture ; sculpture ; painting , with its relatives , now called the graphic arts , including drawing and such print- ed arts as engraving , etching ... Visual Arts , Western.
Page 248
Western and other visual art traditions Influence of the Nile Periods of Egyptian art Stone vessels. made naturalism irrelevant . Much of medieval art dis- pensed with the human figure and made use of a wide variety ... Visual Arts , Western.
Western and other visual art traditions Influence of the Nile Periods of Egyptian art Stone vessels. made naturalism irrelevant . Much of medieval art dis- pensed with the human figure and made use of a wide variety ... Visual Arts , Western.
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