Each operates in accordance with tenets and principles of distinct sub-disciplines and schools specific to a given culture.
Artistic disciplines tend to mingle and mix into interdisciplinary forms.
The Arts are unlike the Sciences in a number of important ways. It is there that new talent and technique are developed, new scripts and scores created, new images and styles emerge. Results can inspire society-wide changes in design, fashion and style, e.g. art nouveau and art deco in the early part of the 20 th century. The university also plays a smaller role in professional development. There is, in fact, a well documented gap between graduation from university in the Arts and attainment of professional status.