graphic arts

noun
1.
Also called graphics. the arts or techniques, as engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut, lithography, and other methods, by which copies of an original design are printed from a plate, block, or the like.
2.
the arts of drawing, painting, and printmaking.
Origin
1660-70
Examples from the web for graphic arts
  • Poetry was slower than the graphic arts to feel the oriental influence, because of the barrier of language.
  • New graphic arts facilities using rotogravure and flexography.
  • The products are used in graphic arts, manufactured home construction and the home-improvement and automotive industries.
British Dictionary definitions for graphic arts

graphic arts

plural noun
1.
any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds