Graphic Arts

Graphic arts include drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, computer graphics, and other related subjects.

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The application of science to graphic arts will be examined in more detail as the site develops. Personal studies including the human body, psychology, and biographies will also be applicable. Anthropology including social foundations, demography, physical anthropology, human ecology, human geography, and particular groups is somewhat connected to this subject.

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These are connected somewhat to material culture. Foodstuffs and clothing and dress are not particularly important. Building technology is connected, communication technology is extremely important, industrial technology somewhat useful, and other artifacts also somewhat useful.

The graphic arts are somewhat connected to language. Linguistics is not much used, but writing is closely connected to the graphic arts and languages of the world are partly connected. Literature including oral tradition, literary forms and genres, and particular works often include examples, as well as discussing graphic arts. Mathematics, applied science, and philosophy may also apply.

They are also connected to various elements of behavioral culture.

The relationship of Institutions to graphic arts will also be discussed as the site develops. Families, education, economics, and government can all be connected. Religion including religious belief, practice, organization, and particular religions will be important.

Sociology, including the relationship to social structure and change including social structure, social types, and social change are connected. Communities will be discussed as these subjects are better developed. Particular peoples, including Western civilization, Asiatic peoples, and African peoples have developed graphic arts. Those of American Indian peoples and particular nations such as the United States, China, India, and Indonesia do not yet have enough information on this site.

History

Graphic arts have been identified from prehistory. I know little about them from early prehistory, but there are examples from middle prehistory and late prehistory. They are also known from antiquity including the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 3rd millennium BC, 2nd millennium BC, and early 1st millennium BC. They developed further in classical and medieval history including early classical, late classical, early medieval, and late medieval times.

They developed still more in modern history including the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century, including through the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, late 20th century, and early 21st century. Their future is unknown.