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A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity usually are included:

A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity usually are included:

* Architecture, Art & Visual arts, Crafts, Dance, Decorative art, Design, Drawing, Fashion, Film

* [[Architecture]], [[Art & Visual arts]], [[Crafts]], [[Dance]], [[Decorative art]], [[Design]], [[Drawing]], [[Fashion]], [[Film]]

* Language, Literature, Music, Opera, Painting, Photography, Poetry, Sculpture, & Performing Arts

* [[Language]], [[Literature]], [[Music]], [[Opera]], [[Painting]], [[Photography]], [[Poetry]], [[Sculpture]], & [[Theatre]]

Historically, the arts included the Artes Liberales (liberal arts) taught in medieval universities as part of the Trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.)

Historically, the arts included the Artes Liberales (liberal arts) taught in medieval universities as part of the Trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.)