What are the differences between 芸術 (geijutsu) and 美術 (bijutsu)?

My native tongue has both of these [Sino-
Xenic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Xenic_pronunciations) terms too,
although in it, the _geijutsu_ -word is clearly "art form; art in general; the
arts; the humanities" (including literature, music, performance, etc.), while
the _bijutsu_ -word is clearly "some visual artistic disciplines" (such as
drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic design). No schools of the
_bijutsu_ -type would offer courses on, say, music. When you say "art for
art's sake", you use the _geijutsu_ -word. Although I admit that my language
may be more under Western influence.

So is that the case with the Japanese words too? Or the differences are
something else? Bilingual dictionaries don't seem to be of much help, because
it seems like neither of these words actually corresponds to the Western
concept of "art", kinda like _kindai_ and _gendai_ to "modern".
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What are the differences between 芸術 (geijutsu) and 美術 (bijutsu)?
I don't speak Chinese nor Vietnamese, but your explanation is applicable in
Japanese too. In short, 美術 is a sub-category of 芸術. 美術 only refers to
traditional forms of visual art such as paintings, sculpture, photography and
calligraphy. 芸術 also includes music, literature, dance and movie (and probably
manga and video games, too).
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