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Preferred term

Decorative arts  

Definition

  • Traditional western designation for those arts involving the creation of works that serve utilitarian as well aesthetic purposes, or involving the decoration and embellishment of utilitarian objects [AAT 94]

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Applied arts
  • ARTS, APPLIED
  • ARTS, DECORATIVE
  • MINOR ARTS

Notation

  • 114652

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-MM1WZBJG-W

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