art
noun
1.
the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
- “an art exhibition”
- “a fine collection of art”
2.
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”
3.
4.
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
- “the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book”
Origin
From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”).
Phrases
- 7th art
- academic art
- allied arts
- anti-object art
- applied arts
- art and part
- art block
- art class
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