Beaux Arts, Beaux arts, or Beaux-Arts is a French term corresponding to
fine arts
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
in English. Capitalized, it may refer to:
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Académie des Beaux-Arts, a French arts institution (not a school)
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Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, a Belgian arts school
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Beaux-Arts architecture, an architectural style
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Beaux Arts Gallery, an important gallery of British modern art
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Beaux-Arts Institute of Design a.k.a. BAID, New York City based art and architecture school
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Beaux Arts Magazine, French magazine
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Beaux Arts Trio, a classical music chamber group
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Beaux Arts Village, Washington, a small town in the Seattle metropolitan area
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École des Beaux-Arts, several art schools in France
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École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon
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École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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Fine art, a style of painting popular at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, the source of the generalized concept of "fine arts", i.e. art for art's sake
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Palais des Beaux Arts
The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The b ...
, a federal cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium
See also
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Musée des Beaux Arts (disambiguation)
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