visual arts
Let an agent handle visual arts by medium, movement, artists, works and rights, with sourced attribution.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle visual arts by medium, movement, artists, works and rights, with sourced attribution.
Art forms that create works primarily visual in nature, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, film, design, crafts and digital and computer-generated art.
What it is for: Expression, communication, beauty, documentation and culture.
It can be identify medium and movement; attribute works to artists; describe images accessibly; respect rights in reproductions.
Distinguishing features
Primarily visual
Many media and traditions
Fine and applied
Protected by copyright and moral rights
What it looks like
Images, objects and installations seen by viewers.
How it is recognised
Media such as painting or photography
Movements and styles
Indigenous visual arts and crafts traditions
Related models
is a kind of - category
includes - media
is shown in - venues
is protected by - law
In practice
Families and kinds
painting and drawing
sculpture
printmaking
photography and film
design and crafts
digital and computer art
Standards and regulation
Copyright and moral rights
Artist resale right
Cultural property law
Failure modes and hazards
Misattribution
Reproducing works without rights
Appropriating cultural heritage
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Medium Which art form.
Medium shapes the work.
Form
Painting, sculpture.
Form
Medium.
- Which medium or form is meant? definition
- Which specific entry fits? action
Technique
Methods.
Technique
Technique.
- Which techniques are used? definition
- How can they be learned? action
Works Artists and works.
Attribution needs sources.
Attribution
Who made it.
Attribution
Attribution.
- Who made the work, and how secure is the attribution? provenance
- Where is it held? provenance
Movement
Style.
Movement
Movement.
- Which movement or tradition does it belong to? definition
- Which period? provenance
Access Seeing art.
Art should be accessible.
Description
Alt text.
Description
Accessible description.
- How should the work be described for blind or low-vision people? action
- Is the description accurate? boundary
Venues
Museums and galleries.
Venues
Venues.
- Where can the work be seen? provenance
- Is entry free? measurement
Rights Copyright and culture.
Rights govern use.
Copyright
Reproduction.
Copyright
Copyright.
- Is the work in copyright, and who licenses it? provenance
- Can an image be reused? boundary
Culture
Heritage.
Culture
Cultural heritage.
- Is the work tied to a community with rights over its use? boundary
- Were protocols followed? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should media be separate entries?
- How should works be linked?
- How should Indigenous arts be credited?