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Art is skill used to produce an aesthetic result. Arts or the arts encompasses visual arts, performing arts, language arts, and culinary arts. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. The term art also refers to the physical forms produced or performed using those skills, such as a sculpted figure, a poem, or a piece of music.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to art:

Contents

Essence of art

Main articles: Art and The arts

Types of art

Main article: Art

Art forms

Art genres

Main article: Genre

Fiction genres

Main article: Literary genre

Film genres

Main article: Film genre

Genres unique to movies:

Painting genres

TV genres

Genres unique to television:

Regional art

Main article: Arts by region
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Art of Africa
Sovereign states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Puntland · St. Helena (UK) · Socotra (Yemen) · Somaliland · Southern Sudan · Western Sahara · Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised country. 1 Transcontinental country. 
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Art of North America
Sovereign states The North American continent with country borders
Dependencies and
other territories
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (South America).
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Art of South America
Sovereign states
Dependencies
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America and/or Central America).  2 Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in Antarctica.
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Art of Asia
Sovereign
states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country.  1 Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions.  2 Also known as Myanmar.  3 Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste.  4 Transcontinental country.  5 Commonly known as Taiwan. 
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Art of Europe
Sovereign
states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country.  1 / 7 Entirely in Asia / on the African Plate, but historically considered European.  2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions.  3 Has part of its territory in Asia.
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Art of Oceania
Australasia Australasia
Melanesia Melanesia
Micronesia Micronesia
Polynesia Polynesia
1 Often included in Polynesia.  2 Often included in Southeast Asia.  3 Often included in Australasia.

History of art

Main articles: History of art and Timeline of art

By art form