the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
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the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
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a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
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the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
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any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
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(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?
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the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling.
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the craft or trade using these principles or methods.
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skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation.
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a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.
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arts,
a.
(used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences.
Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
The study of these activities.
The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.
A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building.
A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.
Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice"(Joyce Carol Oates).
arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
Artful contrivance; cunning.
High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.
A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.
A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
A system of principles and methods employed in the performance of a set of activities: the art of building.
A trade or craft that applies such a system of principles and methods: the art of the lexicographer.
Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice"(Joyce Carol Oates).
arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
Artful contrivance; cunning.
Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art.
Skill arising from the exercise of intuitive faculties: "Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice"(Joyce Carol Oates).
arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
Artful contrivance; cunning.
arts Artful devices, stratagems, and tricks.
Artful contrivance; cunning.
Printing Illustrative material.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ars, art-; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote skill in doing or performing that is attained by study, practice, or observation: the art of rhetoric; pottery that reveals an artist's craft; political expertise; a knack for teaching; mechanical know-how; a precise diving technique.
art 2 (ərt; ärt when stressed) v.
Archaic A second person singular present indicative of be.
[Middle English, from Old English eart; see er-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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