fine art
a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.: Compare commercial art.
Origin of fine art
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How to use fine art in a sentence
The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
Situated in hipster Hackney, the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History opens to the public on Wednesday.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum | Liza Foreman | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe figure will be high but we could lend our time and sign a nondisclosure agreement with R.B. fine art.
Gallery Owner Accused of Cyberstalking Members of L.A.’s Art Scene | Caitlin Dickson | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo why is one considered fine art and the other the harmless pastime of a hobbyist?
You don't have to fly to Paris or London to see fine art—we have plenty right in our own backyard.
Get Cultured on Your Weekend Getaway: Best Trips for Art Lovers | Condé Nast Traveler | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The chief buildings are the hydropathic and the Macfarlane museum of fine art and natural history.
Shiftlessness is a fine art with them, they've carried it so far.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort MitchellIf I am to make any kind of figure in this new rôle of fine-art speculator (so my thoughts continued) I must control my feelings.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. LucasHe judged those, as we have seen, by the rules of the fine art of literature, and found them rubbish.
The Secret Glory | Arthur MachenIn its most developed stage every fine art is bound still to play upon the same sensibilities.
British Dictionary definitions for fine art
art produced chiefly for its aesthetic value, as opposed to applied art
Also called: beaux arts (often plural) any of the fields in which such art is produced, such as painting, sculpture, and engraving
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Other Idioms and Phrases with fine art
Something requiring highly developed techniques and skills, as in He's turned lying into a fine art, or The contractor excels in the fine art of demolition. This term alludes to the fine arts, such as music, painting, and sculpture, which require both skill and talent. It is now often used to describe anything that takes skill to do. [First half of 1800s]
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