applied art

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The collection of applied art and design features objects from the 16th century to the present day.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2018

Particularly in the 1870s and ’80s, Western culture was enamored of Japanese applied art, says James Archer Abbott, director and curator of the Evergreen Museum & Library.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

After getting his baccalauréat, he studied applied art in Nantes, and then made his way to Paris to study animation at the Gobelins School of the Image.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

Traditionally, the collection, which contains fine and applied art from the medieval to the modern era, with an emphasis on masterpieces of the Dutch golden age, was shown according to curatorial department.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2013

Nevertheless, we often find it difficult to maintain the distinction between fine and applied art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson