HISTORY OF ART

Visual arts categories
Clubmarx 02:19, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC) I'd like the change the Visual arts page and category. I've been looking around to see how others categorize arts content, and I came up with this. It doesn't include everything. Then, it would make sense to - merge Visual arts and design into Visual arts and Design - Visual arts and design redirect to Visual arts
The rest outside Visual arts is for context - that is my draft as well. As for Fine arts, I think that usually refers to Performing arts, sculpture, and visual arts (excluding decorative arts). So there isn't a category fine arts, but the page would probably go under just Arts.
I know there's been some changes as discussed on Category talk:Art but not sure what's the current status.
• Arts
o Artists
o Art history
o Art materials
o Art styles, periods, and movements
o Architecture ...
o Performing arts
 Acrobatics
 Acting
 Choreography
 Dance
 Music
 Opera
 Puppetry
 Singing
 Storytelling
 Theater
o Sculpture (I don't think dance is part of plastic arts, so that just leaves sculpture.)
o Visual arts
 Art Shows & Exhibitions
 Cinema
 Decorative arts (this is different that arts & crafts - wikipedia just doesn't have much
content on these)
 Arts & Crafts
 Pottery
 Textile art ....
 Design
 Fashion design
 Graphic design
 Industrial design
 Interior design
 Drawing
 Illustration
 Comics .. (comics are illustrations, but in the interests of keeping the heirarchy prettyflat)
 Painting
 Photography
 Printmaking

Making sense of Art categories.
Relevant discussions:
• Category talk:Art
• Category talk:Visual arts
• Category talk:Artists
Schema ideas:
Category:Visual arts (closely related to Category:Art)
Art media
Two dimensional art
painting
painting media
oil painting
watercolour painting
paintings (cross-category)
painters (cross-category)
painting materials (cross-category)
painting techniques (cross-category)
drawing
printmaking
printmaking media
lithography
intaglio
prints (cross-category)
printmakers (cross-category)
printmaking materials (cross-category)
printmaking techniques (cross-category)
photography
graphic design
illustration
Three dimensional art
Sculpture
sculpture media
plaster
clay
Ceramics (see Pottery talk page for June 2005 discussion)
Ceramic sculpture
Functional ceramics
Four dimensional art
Film
Video
Performance
Art techniques (presently Artistic techniques)
Painting techniques (cross-category)
Printmaking techniques (cross-category)
Art materials
Painting materials (cross-category)
Printmaking materials (cross-category)
Art works (Works of art)
Paintings (cross-category)
Prints (cross-category)
Artists
Artist (article)
Artists by nationality
Artists by medium (artists seldom work in just one medium)
Painters (cross-category)
Sculptors (cross-category)
Artists by period
Modern artists
Contemporary artists
Postmodern artists
Art history
Pre-history
Ancient
Middle ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Modern
Art movements
Contemporary
Art movements
Postmodern
Art genres
Art awards
Art display
Art exhibitions
Art museums and galleries
Art museums and galleries in India (cross-category)
Art museums and galleries in Sweden (cross-category)
Art collectors
Art forgery
Art education (art schools)
Art philosophy (aesthetics)
Art magazines
Color
Art by nationality
Art of Sweden
Artists of Sweden (cross-category)
Swedish artists (cross-category)
Swedish painters (cross-category)
Swedish sculputors (cross-category)
Swedish printmakers (cross-category)
Swedish filmakers (cross-category)
Painting of Sweden (cross-category)
Art museums and galleries of Sweden (cross-category)