The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as engineering or carpentry.

plural of martial art

All the handicrafts based upon making decorative and useful things manually.

A collegiate degree, usually involving three to four years of study (about 120 semester hours) in liberal arts.

a degree in one or more of the fine arts / a degree in one of the liberal arts

plural of black art

The academic course of instruction intended to provide general knowledge and usually comprising the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, as opposed to professional or technical subjects.

A postgraduate degree usually in a non-science subject. / A person holding such a degree.

The practical arts, such as engineering, metalworking or carpentry. / The teaching of the knowledge and skills needed to work with tools and machinery.

plural of performance art