What are Visual Arts? | InfoArt (1)

Visual Arts. Artistic disciplines that are perceived primarily through sight.

Traditionally, the term was associated with arts that involved the physical manipulation of some type of material. (e.g. paint, clay.)

With the industrial revolution and the beginning of the 20th century, new forms of artistic expression emerged that used new media, new technologies: for example: photography, video, then virtual and digital media. This left behind the definition of plastic arts and adopted the term Visual Arts.

"Visual Arts" includes all artistic manifestations perceived through sight, regardless of the medium and format with which they are created.

Drawing. Various media and formats.
Painting: Various media and formats.
Sculpture: Carving, modeling, casting.
Engraving: Woodcut, lithography. Etching.
Note: These are not the only ones.

New Visual Arts
Photography: Analog and digital.
Video & Film: Artistic creations in video format.
Installations: Works that occupy a physical space.
Performance: Art that involves the artist's action.
Digital art: Creations made with digital tools (graphic design, animation, virtual reality).

New Media and Experiments:
Virtual and augmented reality: Immersive experiences.
Generative art with artificial intelligence: Works created by algorithms.
Bioart: Art that uses living organisms or biological processes.