arts of design

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Breaking down the boundaries between the arts of design, of architecture, of painting and sculpture, is right at the heart of the cultural message of this building, which is free and open.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Again, among the nations who followed the arts of design exclusively, the forms of foliage 200 introduced were meagre and general, and their real intricacy and life were neither admired nor expressed.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John

Perhaps something of its inspiration may be set down to fellow-feeling, both in politics and in the unsuccessful cultivation of the arts of design.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

During his absence abroad he had been elected professor of the125 literature of the arts of design, in the University of the City of New York, and this work occupied his attention for some time.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

In the latter year he secured an appointment as professor of the literature of the arts of design in the newly established University of the City of New York.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Towers, Walter Kellogg