art

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other…

   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.

   • There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
   • "I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror."
2. 2

   The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory,…

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

3. 3

   Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.

   • She's mastered the art of programming.
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   1. 4

      The study and the product of these processes.

      • He's at university to study art.
   2. 5

      Aesthetic value.

      • Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
   3. 6

      Artwork.

      • Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.
      • art collection
   4. 7

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

      • I'm a great supporter of the arts.
   5. 8

      (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than…

      (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.

   6. 9

      Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.

      • A physician was immediately sent for; but on the first moment of beholding the corpse, he declared that Elvira's recovery was beyond the power of art.
      • The relation of science to art may be summed up in a brief expression: From Science comes Prevision: from Prevision comes Action.
   7. 10

      Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

      • it was not art, Of wisdom and of justice when he spoke— When ’mid soft looks of pity, there would dart A glance as keen as is the lightning’s stroke When it doth rive the knots of some ancestral oak.
      • [...] and Mrs. Earnshaw undertook to keep her sister-in-law in due restraint, when she returned home employing art, not force—with force she would have found it impossible.
   8. 11

      second-person singular simple present indicative of be

      second-person singular simple present indicative of be: [you] are

      • How great thou art!
   9. 12

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

   10. 13

       Abbreviation of Achilles tendon reflex time.

   11. 14

       Abbreviation of assisted reproductive technology.

   12. 15

       Abbreviation of Androgen Replacement Therapy.

   13. 16

       Abbreviation of Active Release Technique.

   14. 17

       Abbreviation of Adaptive resonance theory.

   15. 18

       Abbreviation of Algebraic Reconstruction Technique.

   16. 19

       Abbreviation of Alternative Risk Transfer.

   17. 20

       Abbreviation of acoustic resonance technology.

   18. 21

       Abbreviation of antiretroviral therapy.

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