art

Plural: arts

Noun

• The expression of human creative skill and imagination.
• the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  • "an art exhibition"
  • "a fine collection of art"
• the creation of beautiful or significant things
  • "art does not need to be innovative to be good"
  • "I was never any good at art"
  • "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
• a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
  • "the art of conversation"
  • "it's quite an art"
• photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  • "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"
• The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
• The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
• Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
• The study and the product of these processes.
• Aesthetic value.
• Artwork.
• A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
• (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
• Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
• Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

Verb

• second-person singular simple present indicative of be

Examples

• art collection
• He's at university to study art.
• Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
• How great thou art!
• I'm a great supporter of the arts.
• She's mastered the art of programming.
• Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
• There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
• There is a special art to knowing when to play a word and when to hold tiles.

Synonyms

artistic creation, artistic production, artistry, artwork, fine art, graphics, nontextual matter, prowess, craft

Antonyms

mundacity, nature, subsistence

Related Words

am, are, be, been, beest, being, thou'rt, was, wast, were, wert