art

Noun
  1. The products of human creativity;
    Works of art collectively (synset 102746552)
    "an art exhibition"; "a collection of fine art"
    referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
    is a type of: creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
    subtypes:
    • artificial flower - a handmade imitation of a blossom
    • commercial art - art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising)
    • cyberart - art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software
    • decoupage - art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
    • diptych - a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)
    • gem, treasure - art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
    • genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
    • graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
    • grotesque - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
    • kitsch - excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
    • mosaic - art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
    • plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
    • triptych - art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together)
    • work of art - art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)
    • dance - an artistic form of nonverbal communication
    same as: fine art
  2. The creation of beautiful or significant things (synset 100935235)
    "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"
    associated with:
    • americana - any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America
    • art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
    • ground - (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
    • talaria - a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
    • vocabulary - the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts)
    • aesthetics, esthetics - (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
    • celluloid, cinema, film - a medium that disseminates moving pictures
    • expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
    • ensemble, tout ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole
    • exhibition, expo, exposition - a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
    • appraiser, authenticator - one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity
    • idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
    • tension - a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)
    • doldrums, stagnancy, stagnation - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
    • longueur - a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)
    • finger-paint - apply colors with one's fingers
    • fresco - paint onto wet plaster on a wall
    • distemper - paint with distemper
    • illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
    • miniate, rubricate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
    • blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic arms
    • sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material
    • paint - make a painting of
    • paint - make a painting
    • repaint - paint again
    • charge - place a heraldic bearing on
    • interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of
    • depict, picture, render, show - show in, or as in, a picture
    • illustrate - depict with an illustration
    • conventionalize, stylise, stylize - represent according to a conventional style
    • depict, limn, portray - make a portrait of
    • portray, present - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
    • draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
    • charcoal - draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
    • cartoon - draw cartoons of
    • fill in, shade - represent the effect of shade or shadow on
    • stipple - make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
    • watercolor, watercolour - paint with watercolors
    • miniate - paint with red lead or vermilion
    • model, mold, mould - form in clay, wax, etc
    • chalk out, sketch - make a sketch of
    • lithograph - make by lithography
    • silkscreen - print by silkscreen
    • stencil - mark or print with a stencil
    • engrave, etch - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
    • stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks
    • etch - make an etching of
    • aquatint - etch in aquatint
    • model, pose, posture, sit - assume a posture as for artistic purposes
    • deaccession - sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works
    • pop, popular - (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
    • cathartic, releasing - emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
    • moderne - of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes
    • nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
    • formalised, formalistic, formalized - concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)
    is a type of: creation, creative activity - the human act of creating
    subtypes:
    • arts and crafts - the arts of decorative design and handicraft
    • ceramics - the art of making and decorating pottery
    • decalcomania - the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
    • decoupage - the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
    • drafting, draftsmanship, drawing - the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
    • glyptography - carving or engraving (especially on stones)
    • gastronomy - the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
    • origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
    • painting - creating a picture with paints
    • perfumery - the art of making perfumes
    • printmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
    • carving, sculpture - creating figures or designs in three dimensions
    • topiary - making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
    same as: artistic creation, artistic production
  3. A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation (synset 105646832)
    "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
    is a type of: superior skill - more than ordinary ability
    subtypes:
    • airmanship, aviation - the art of operating aircraft
    • eristic - the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)
    • falconry - the art of training falcons to hunt and return
    • fortification - the art or science of strengthening defenses
    • homiletics - the art of preaching
    • horology - the art of designing and making clocks
    • minstrelsy - the art of a minstrel
    • musicianship - artistry in performing music
    • enology, oenology - the art of wine making
    • puppetry - the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows
    • taxidermy - the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
    • telescopy - the art of making and using telescopes
    • ventriloquism, ventriloquy - the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
    same as: artistry, prowess
  4. Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication (synset 107011408)
    "the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"
    is a type of: visual communication - communication that relies on vision
    subtypes:
    • illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
    • drawing - an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
    is a part of: publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
    same as: artwork, graphics, nontextual matter

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