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art-antique

Antiques are things which are old or rare, usually both. Museums are collections of antiques often with a public display and explanations.

art-art_gallery

Art galleries are display spaces for images. This tends to mean lots of wall-space rather than the floorspace a museum might prefer. Galleries can be private or public, they often just display art, some also sell it.

art-visual_art-art_gallery

An art gallery is a display space for a picture collection. The term is quite open-ended, galleries can range from a small shop to a national monument.

art-visual_art-art_genre-pointilism

Pointillism is a visual art technique of building a picture from small areas or dots of pure colour rather than mixing the colours on a palette and applying them as areas.

art-visual_art-artists_[imagery]

Artists are skilled creators of pictures. The term is broadened to anyone skilled in a craft such as actors and musicians. Art is sometimes pushed to include sport and indeed any sort of skill as in Trump’s

art-visual_art

Visual images are physical artefacts that a human observer can take to be a scene in front of their eyes.

art-garden

Gardens and gardening produce “landscape art” which is one of the most important kinds.

art-games

Games are mental and physical activities done for enjoyment.