art


Definition: Meaning of, art in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɑːt /

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art arts
  1. [uncountable] the use of painting, drawing, SCULPTURE etc to represent things or express ideas
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  2. [plural, uncountable] objects that are produced by art, such as paintings, drawings etc
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  3. [uncountable] the skill of drawing or painting
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  4. the arts [plural] art, music, theatre, film, literature etc all considered together
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  5. arts also the arts [plural] subjects you can study that are not scientific, for example history, languages etc [↪  humanities]
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  6. [uncountable and countable] the ability or skill involved in doing or making something
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[old-fashioned] [biblical]
  1. thou art a phrase meaning 'you are'
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art used in phrases

  • Art Deco (noun)
    1. a style of art and decoration that uses simple shapes and was popular in Europe and America in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Art Nouveau (noun)
    1. a style of art that used plants and flowers in paintings and in the design of objects and buildings, popular in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century
  • Art Tatum (noun)
    1. 1910-1956 united States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians
  • Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (noun)
    1. university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
  • Garfunkel, Art
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
    1. the Metropolitan Museum of Art also the Met informal the most important art MUSEUM in the US, in New York City
  • Museum of Modern Art
    1. the Museum of Modern Art a MUSEUM in New York City which contains one of the world's finest collections of modern art and photography
  • National Gallery of Art
    1. the National Gallery of Art a large public MUSEUM of paintings, SCULPTURE s etc in Washington, D.C.
  • Pop Art (noun)
    1. as the soup cans of Andy Warhol a school of art that emerged in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and became prevalent in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s; it imitated the techniques of commercial art and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
  • Royal College of Art, the
    1. an important art school in London
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