ART

art, artistic creation, artistic production

(noun) 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”

art, fine art

(noun) the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; “an art exhibition”; “a collection of fine art”

art, artistry, prowess

(noun) a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; “the art of conversation”; “it’s quite an art”

artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter

(noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication; “the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Art

A diminutive of the male given name Arthur from Celtic languages.

Anagrams

• 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra

Etymology 1

Noun

art (countable and uncountable, plural arts)

(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.

(uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.

(countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.

(uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.

(uncountable) Aesthetic value.

(uncountable) Artwork.

(countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.

(countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.

(countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.

(uncountable, dated) Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

Synonyms

• (Human effort): craft

Antonyms

• (Human effort): mundacity, nature, subsistence

Hyponyms

• ABC art

• abstract art

• ASCII art

• black art

• black arts

• body art

• cave art

• clip art

• concept art

• fine arts

• folk art

• graphic art

• high art

• installation art

• junk art

• kinetic art

• liberal arts

• line art

• martial art

• minimal art

• mobiliary art

• modern art

• naïve art

• op art

• optical art

• outsider art

• performance art

• pixel art

• plastic art

• pop art

• portable art

• primitive art

• prior art

• process art

• sand art

• sequential art

• seventh art

• street art

• traditional art

• vernacular art

• visual art

Etymology 2

Verb

art

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of be

Anagrams

• 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra

Noun

ART (countable and uncountable, plural ARTs)

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Anagrams

• 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra

Source: Wiktionary

-ard, -art.

Definition: The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.

Art.

Definition: The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.

Art, n. Etym: [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat, article.]

1. The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes. Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.

2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation. Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.

3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.

4. The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.

5. pl.

Definition: Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.

6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic] So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.

7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.

8. Skillful plan; device. They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.

9. Cunning; artifice; craft. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak. Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength. Crabb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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