Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts/Art categories

Making sense of Art categories.

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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)