Forms whose finished work is made on or as a flat surface: drawing, painting and its fresco technique, printmaking, photography, collage and calligraphy. Belongs here: a form whose product is fundamentally two-dimensional, worked in pigment, ink, light or a printed matrix. Does not belong here: a form whose product occupies three dimensions, which belongs under Sculptural and Object Arts, even when it shares a visual-arts studio tradition with these forms.
Facts
Comparison
Core Arts Discipline Two-Dimensional and Graphic Arts
Sources
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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