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visual arts
UK/ˈvɪzjʊəl ɑːts/US/ˈvɪʒuəl ɑrts/VIS·u·al ARTS
Band 4-5speakingtask2task1
art forms that are primarily visual in nature, such as painting, sculpture and photography
Examples
“She studied visual arts at college before becoming a designer.”
“The university offers a degree in visual arts and media.”
“The museum's visual arts collection includes modern paintings.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university's visual arts department encourages interdisciplinary projects between designers and painters.”
Collocations
- a degree in visual arts
- visual arts programme
- contemporary visual arts
Word family
visual adjvisualise verbarts n
Common mistakes
visual art→visual arts
visuals art→visual arts
Say it for a higher band
5art→6fine arts→7+visual arts
Synonyms
fine arts
Easily confused
fine arts
“She enrolled in a fine arts course to improve her painting skills.”
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