"visual art" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: visual arts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} visual art (plural visual arts)
  1. An art form intended to be appreciated or perceived primarily by sight, such as painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and filmmaking. Wikipedia link: visual arts Related terms: plastic arts, performance art Translations (art appreciated by sight): kuvataide (Finnish), art visuel [masculine] (French), seni rupa (Indonesian), seni visual (Malay)
    Sense id: en-visual_art-en-noun-XQSeXtDq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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