Editing Graphic arts (section)

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[[File:CDC Graphic Artists at Work.jpg|right|thumb|Graphic artists at work during the 1960s]]
A category of [[fine art]], '''graphic art''' covers a broad range of [[visual arts|visual artistic]] expression, typically two-dimensional [[graphics]], i.e. produced on a flat surface,<ref name="Britannica">"[http://www.britannica.com/art/graphic-art Graphic art]" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Britannica.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.</ref> today normally paper or a screen on various electronic devices. The term usually refers to the arts that rely more on line, color or tone, especially drawing and the various forms of [[engraving]];<ref name="Oxford">"Graphic art." ''The Oxford Dictionary of Art''. 3rd ed.  Ed. Ian Chilvers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. p. 309.</ref> it is sometimes understood to refer specifically to [[drawing]] and the various [[printmaking]] processes,<ref name="Oxford"/> such as [[line engraving]], [[aquatint]], [[drypoint]], [[etching]], [[mezzotint]], [[monotyping|monotype]], [[lithography]], and [[screen printing]] (silk-screen, serigraphy).<ref>Mayer, Ralph (1992). "Graphic arts, or graphics." ''The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques''. 2nd ed. Revised and edited by Steven Sheehan. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 182.</ref> Graphic art mostly includes [[calligraphy]], photography, painting, [[typography]], [[computer graphics]], and [[bindery]]. It also encompasses drawn plans and layouts for [[interior design|interior]] and [[building design|architectural designs]].<ref name="Britannica"/>

In museum parlance "works on paper" is a common term, covering the various types of traditional [[fine art]] graphic art. There is now a large sector of [[graphic design]]ers working mostly on [[web design]].