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Arts (671 articles)
General (3 articles)
Architecture (57 articles)
See also Technology > Construction section
General (6 articles)
Architecture (Level 2)
Sacral architecture
Architectural drawing
Architectural theory
Proportion
Landscape architecture
Styles (16 articles)
Ancient Egyptian architecture
Ancient Greek architecture
Ancient Roman architecture
Baroque architecture
Byzantine architecture
Chinese architecture
Gothic architecture
Architecture of India
Islamic architecture
Megalith
Mesoamerican architecture
Architecture of Mesopotamia
Modern architecture
Neoclassical architecture
Renaissance architecture
Romanesque architecture
Specific structures (35 articles)
Acropolis of Athens
Alhambra
Angkor Wat
Arc de Triomphe
Borobudur
Burj Khalifa
Colosseum
Eiffel Tower
Empire State Building
Fallingwater
Florence Cathedral
Forbidden City
Great Sphinx of Giza
Great Wall of China (Level 3)
Hagia Sophia
Kaaba
Kinkaku-ji
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Machu Picchu
Kremlin
Notre-Dame de Paris
Palace of Versailles
Palace of Westminster
Pantheon, Rome
Parthenon
Sagrada Família
St. Peter's Basilica
Statue of Liberty
Stonehenge
Sydney Opera House
Taj Mahal
Temple Mount
Ziggurat of Ur
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Cultural venues (21 articles)
General (3 articles)Americas (5 articles)
Asia (2 articles) |
Europe (11 articles)
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Literature (218 articles)
Music (137 articles)
Basics (15 articles)
Music (Level 2)
Choir
Concert
Counterpoint
Harmony
Melody
Music theory
Music video
Musical notation
Orchestra (Level 3)
Rhythm
Scale (music)
Singing (Level 3)
Song
Music genres and forms (47 articles)
General (6 articles)
Western classical music (15 articles)
Classical music (Level 3)
Medieval music
Renaissance music
Baroque music
Classical period
Romantic music
20th-century classical music
Contemporary classical music
Non-Western music (5 articles)
Popular music (21 articles)
Blues
Country music
Disco
Electronic music
Folk music (Level 3)
Funk
Hip hop music
Jazz (Level 3)
Pop music (Level 3)
Reggae
Rhythm and blues
Rock music (Level 3)
Salsa music
Samba
Musical instruments (43 articles)
Musical instrument (Level 3)
Electronic musical instrument
Keyboard instrument
Percussion instrument
String instrument
Wind instrument
Specific musical works (32 articles)
Baroque (5 articles)
Brandenburg Concertos
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Mass in B minor
Messiah (Handel)
The Well-Tempered Clavier
Classical (7 articles)
Nocturnes (Chopin)
Piano sonatas (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)
Opera (7 articles)
La bohème
Carmen
Don Giovanni
The Magic Flute
Der Ring des Nibelungen
La traviata
Tristan und Isolde
Ballet (3 articles)
Musicals (2 articles)
Modern (8 articles)
Performing arts (45 articles)
Basic concepts (4 articles)Forms (41 articles) |
Dance (14 articles) |
Theatre (18 articles)
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Visual arts (109 articles)
Photography is listed under Technology
History of art (51 articles)
Pre-modern art (17 articles)
Academic art
Ancient Greek art
Baroque
Dutch Golden Age painting
Empire style
Gothic art
Hellenistic art
Prehistoric art (Level 3)
Renaissance art
Rococo
Roman art
Romanesque art
Modern art (20 articles)
Modern art
Abstract art (Level 3)
Abstract expressionism
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts movement
Avant-garde
Cubism
Dada
Expressionism
Futurism
Impressionism
Modernism (Level 3)
Neoclassicism
Post-Impressionism
Postmodernism
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Romanticism (Level 3)
Surrealism
Symbolism
Contemporary art (6 articles)
Non-Western art traditions (8 articles)
African art
Chinese art
Indian art
Islamic art
Japanese art
Persian art
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas
Concepts and forms (30 articles)
Visual arts (Level 2)
Calligraphy (Level 3)
Ceramic art
Collage
Comics (Level 3)
Decorative arts
Drawing (Level 3)
Fashion (Level 3)
Folk art
Graffiti
Handicraft
Illustration
Mosaic
Mural
Optical illusion
Origami
Painting (Level 3)
Perspective (graphical)
Portrait
Printmaking
Religious art
Sculpture (Level 3)
Taxidermy
Textile arts
Wood carving
Specific works (28 articles)
Painting (17 articles)
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Along the River During the Qingming Festival
Arnolfini Portrait
The Birth of Venus
Campbell's Soup Cans
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Guernica
The Last Supper
Las Meninas
Mona Lisa
The Night Watch
The Persistence of Memory
The Scream
Sistine Chapel
The Starry Night
Water Lilies
Sculpture (8 articles)
David
Fountain
Olmec colossal heads
Pietà
Terracotta Army
The Thinker
Venus de Milo
Venus of Willendorf
Other media (3 articles)
Modern visual arts (60 articles)
Design (6 articles)
Digital art (2 articles)
Filmmaking (52 articles)
General (8 articles)
Cinema by country (8 articles)
Cinema of the United States
Cinema of France
Cinema of India
Cinema of Japan
Cinema of China
Cinema of the Soviet Union
Cinema of Nigeria
Film festival and awards (3 articles)
Films (33 articles)
Animation (1 article)
Art film (1 article)
Comedy (2 articles)
Documentary (1 article)
Drama film (18 articles)
8½
Bicycle Thieves
Breathless
Children of Paradise
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
L'Atalante
La Dolce Vita
The Rules of the Game
Tokyo Story
Epic/Historical (6 articles)
The Apu Trilogy
Battleship Potemkin
The Birth of a Nation
Lawrence of Arabia
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Horror/Thriller (2 articles)
Musical (3 articles)
Romance film (2 articles)
Science fiction/Fantasy (4 articles)
Western (1 article)
Fictional characters (21 articles)
Mythological and Biblical characters are listed under Philosophy and religion
Western folklore (6 articles)Eastern folklore (2 articles) |
Literature and drama (5 articles)Film, television, and games (3 articles) |
Superheroes (5 articles)
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