art

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the creation of beautiful or significant things

   art does not need to be innovative to be good

2. 2
   noun

   the products of human creativity

   works of art collectively

3. 3
   noun

   a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

   the art of conversation

4. 4
   noun

   photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication

   the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.

   She's mastered the art of programming.

7. 7
   noun

   The study and the product of these processes.

   He's at university to study art.

8. 8
   noun

   Aesthetic value.

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art From Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.