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Art

/ɑːt/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable) 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..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
  3. (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
  4. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
  5. (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
  6. (uncountable) Artwork.
  7. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
  8. (countable) (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.

Example Sentences

There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world. R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir.
"I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror."
Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist.
She's mastered the art of programming.
He's at university to study art.
Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.

Synonyms for art

craftprowessartistryartworkartistic creationsuperior skillgraphicsfine artartistic productionnontextual matter

Antonyms for art

mundacitynaturesubsistence

Related Words

artistryfine artartworkgraphicsprowessartistic creationartistic productionnontextual mattersuperior skillartisticartistbeaux-artsimagerypictureimagedrawinggalleryclipartcalligraphyimaging

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does art mean?

Art means (uncountable) 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..

What is a synonym for art?

Common synonyms include craft, prowess, artistry, artwork.

What is the opposite of art?

Possible antonyms include mundacity, nature, subsistence.

How do you use art in a sentence?

There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.

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