art
♦♦♦ art /'ɑːrt/ (arts)
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Art consists of paintings, sculpture, and other pictures or objects which are created for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
...the first exhibition of such art in the West.
...contemporary and modern American art.
...Whitechapel Art Gallery.
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Art is the activity or educational subject that consists of creating paintings, sculptures, and other pictures or objects for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
...a painter, content to be left alone with her all-absorbing art.
...Farnham College of Art and Design.
...art lessons.
3 [N-VAR] usu the N in pl
The arts are activities such as music, painting, literature, cinema, and dance, which people can take part in for enjoyment, or to create works which express serious meanings or ideas of beauty.
Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences.
...the art of cinema.
4 [N-PLURAL] oft N n
At a university or college, arts are subjects such as history, literature, or languages in contrast to scientific subjects.
...arts and social science graduates.
...the Faculty of Arts.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Arts or art is used in the names of theatres or cinemas which show plays or films that are intended to make the audience think deeply about the content, and not simply to entertain them.
...the Cambridge Arts Cinema.
6 [N-COUNT]
If you describe an activity as an art, you mean that it requires skill and that people learn to do it by instinct or experience, rather than by learning facts or rules.
Fishing is an art.
7
Art is an old-fashioned form of the second person singular of the present tense of the verb be.
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see also Bachelor of Arts, fine art, Master of Arts, Master of Arts, state-of-the-art, work of artart form (art forms)
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If you describe an activity as an art form, you mean that it is concerned with creating objects, works, or performances that are beautiful or have a serious meaning.
...Indian dance and related art forms.fine art (fine arts)
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Painting and sculpture, in which objects are produced that are beautiful rather than useful, can be referred to as fine art or as the fine arts.
He deals in antiques and fine art.
...the university of Cairo's faculty of fine arts.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you have got something down to a fine art, you are able to do it in a very skilful or efficient way because you have had a lot of experience of doing it.mar|tial art (martial arts)
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A martial art is one of the methods of fighting, often without weapons, that come from the Far East, for example kung fu, karate, or judo.per|for|mance art
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Performance art is a theatrical presentation that includes various art forms such as dance, music, painting, and sculpture.pop art
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Pop art is a style of modern art which began in the 1960s. It uses bright colours and takes a lot of its techniques and subject matter from everyday, modern life.work of art (works of art)
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A work of art is a painting or piece of sculpture which is of high quality.
...a collection of works of art of international significance.
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A work of art is something which is very complex or which has been skilfully made or produced.
The actual nest is a work of art.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Art consists of paintings, sculpture, and other pictures or objects which are created for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
...the first exhibition of such art in the West.
...contemporary and modern American art.
...Whitechapel Art Gallery.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Art is the activity or educational subject that consists of creating paintings, sculptures, and other pictures or objects for people to look at and admire or think deeply about.
...a painter, content to be left alone with her all-absorbing art.
...Farnham College of Art and Design.
...art lessons.
3 [N-VAR] usu the N in pl
The arts are activities such as music, painting, literature, cinema, and dance, which people can take part in for enjoyment, or to create works which express serious meanings or ideas of beauty.
Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences.
...the art of cinema.
4 [N-PLURAL] oft N n
At a university or college, arts are subjects such as history, literature, or languages in contrast to scientific subjects.
...arts and social science graduates.
...the Faculty of Arts.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
Arts or art is used in the names of theatres or cinemas which show plays or films that are intended to make the audience think deeply about the content, and not simply to entertain them.
...the Cambridge Arts Cinema.
6 [N-COUNT]
If you describe an activity as an art, you mean that it requires skill and that people learn to do it by instinct or experience, rather than by learning facts or rules.
Fishing is an art.
7
Art is an old-fashioned form of the second person singular of the present tense of the verb be.
8
see also Bachelor of Arts, fine art, Master of Arts, Master of Arts, state-of-the-art, work of artart form (art forms)
[N-COUNT]
If you describe an activity as an art form, you mean that it is concerned with creating objects, works, or performances that are beautiful or have a serious meaning.
...Indian dance and related art forms.fine art (fine arts)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also N in pl
Painting and sculpture, in which objects are produced that are beautiful rather than useful, can be referred to as fine art or as the fine arts.
He deals in antiques and fine art.
...the university of Cairo's faculty of fine arts.
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you have got something down to a fine art, you are able to do it in a very skilful or efficient way because you have had a lot of experience of doing it.mar|tial art (martial arts)
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A martial art is one of the methods of fighting, often without weapons, that come from the Far East, for example kung fu, karate, or judo.per|for|mance art
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Performance art is a theatrical presentation that includes various art forms such as dance, music, painting, and sculpture.pop art
[N-UNCOUNT]
Pop art is a style of modern art which began in the 1960s. It uses bright colours and takes a lot of its techniques and subject matter from everyday, modern life.work of art (works of art)
1 [N-COUNT]
A work of art is a painting or piece of sculpture which is of high quality.
...a collection of works of art of international significance.
2 [N-COUNT]
A work of art is something which is very complex or which has been skilfully made or produced.
The actual nest is a work of art.