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Disciplines of the arts

It is customary to divide the arts into disciplines that can be classified either as Creative Arts (visual and literary artefacts) or the Performing Arts (performance). Some experts say there are as many as seven categories of the arts: Painting, Sculpture, Literature, Architecture, Performance Art, Film, and Music. And even in these seven categories, some still seem to be missing, like drawing, photography, cuisine,...

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