Visual Art

The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture. These definitions should not be taken too strictly as many artistic disciplines (performing arts, conceptual art, textile arts) involve aspects of the visual arts as well as arts of other types. Also included within the visual arts[1] are the applied arts[2] such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art.[3]

Ways of Seeing
The Story of Art
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
The Art Book
Interaction of Color
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Leonardo da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings
On Photography
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography [Paperback]
Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
Seven Days in the Art World
Wall and Piece
Keys to Drawing
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation

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As far as visual art goes, it has to reveal something about reality that you can't really put into words. Any artist who can explain his work with words is not exactly on the right track. It's tough. You're always probing down in the dark and you reveal things to yourself as you do your art. People who use formulas or use their skill mainly just to make money -- I don't know how they can stand it. It must become very boring, I would think. ...more
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Art is a visual language; I'm just perfecting my alphabet. ...more
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