.... ARTS: A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature .... ARTS: Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature .... ARTS: High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value ... ARTS: The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium .... ARTS: The study of these activities .... ARTS: The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.

Arts or the Arts encompasses visual arts, performing arts, language arts, and culinary arts. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of the visual arts as well as other types, so these definitions are not strict.