裝飾藝術

裝飾藝術是指为某些功能性物品设计装饰的艺术，它包括室内设计，但通常不包括建筑设计；在视觉艺术中，也從绘画、素描、摄影，大型雕塑等藝術形式區分開來。美術與裝飾藝術的區別，通常在於美學意義的強弱；不過即使是普通藝術中，也常包含有裝飾藝術元素。因此對於伊斯蘭藝術及中國藝術等非西方文化藝術中，這種區分並不十分適用，欧洲中世纪美术亦然。

19世紀後半期爆發的唯美主義運動推動了裝飾藝術在歐洲的傳播，受藝術與工藝美術運動影響，提出在普通美術與裝飾藝術之間並沒有实质的區別。"Arts and Crafts Movement". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 17 Oct. 2012. 受此影響，裝飾藝術得到了更高的地位與評價，这一点後來在法律上也有所體現。因為在1911年之前，一般的版權法案只規定不可未經允許抄錄傳統美術作品，這一年版權法案的頒佈使得法律對藝術的保護領域拓展到工藝領域，即把裝飾藝術當做以真正的藝術而不是設計。Section 35(1) Copyright Act 1911 : http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/46/section/35/enacted  ; Edmund Eldergill, Barrister-at-Law, "The Decorative Arts and Copyright" , legal article, 2012.

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 Islamic Decorative Art in modern architectural projects
 Decorating with Art, Antiques and Collectibles
 Home Economics Archive: Tradition, Research, History (HEARTH) An e-book collection of over 1,000 books on home economics spanning 1850 to 1950, created by Cornell University's Mann Library. Includes several hundred e-books on decorative art and design, particularly that created within the home.
 Victoria and Albert Museum
 Argentine Decorative Art Museum
 The Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture
 Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt Program in the History of Decorative Arts & Design
 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture - electronic resources
 Metropolitan Museum of Art American decorative arts collection
 National Gallery of Art decorative arts collection
 Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, Milan, Italy
 Museum of the City of New York Decorative Arts Collection
 Decorative Artists in Canada
 Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
  Jane Issa on hotel art in Jamaica

Category:装饰艺术