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/ɑːt/ · noun
(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..
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.
Use art. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
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..
Common synonyms include craft, prowess, artistry, artwork.
Possible antonyms include mundacity, nature, subsistence.
There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
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