Individual architectural works built primarily for religious worship or devotion, across every faith tradition and era from medieval through modern. Belongs here: cathedrals, mosques, temples and other sacred buildings recognized as significant individual works. Does not belong here: ancient pre-medieval religious monuments, which are grouped under Ancient and Classical Monuments, and secular civic or palace architecture, which is grouped under Palaces and Civic Architecture.
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1. National Core Arts Standards: Visual Arts Introduction
National Coalition for Core Arts StandardsVisual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraphQuote, Visual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraph
Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.
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