Art Definition
art
See also Art, árt, ärt, and ært
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English
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Etymology 1
Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars "art". Displaced native Middle English liste (“art”) (from Old English list).
Noun
art (countable and uncountable; plural arts)
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Wikinews has news related to this article: Art Wikinews- (uncountable) Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.reference needed
- (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
- There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
- (uncountable) Activity intended to make something special.
- (uncountable) A re-creation of reality according to the artist's metaphysical value judgements.
- (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
- (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
- (uncountable, printing) Artwork.
- (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
- (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
- (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 217:
- 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.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 217:
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (Human effort): mundacity, nature, subsistence
Quotations
- 2005, "I tell her what Donald Hall says: that the problem with workshops is that they trivialize art by minimizing the terror." -July Harper's, Lynn Freed
- 2009, "Visual art is a subjective understanding or perception of the viewer as well as a deliberate/conscious arrangement or creation of elements like colours, forms, movements, sounds, objects or other elements that produce a graphic or plastic whole that expresses thoughts, ideas or visions of the artist." - Extended Essay on Visual Art, Alexander Brouwer
Derived terms
terms derived from art- Look at pages starting with art.
Translations
human effort
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Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of beon-wesan, from Proto-Germanic *ar-t (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iranan (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”). Cognate with Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
Verb
art
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Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Latin ars.
Noun
art m. (definite singular arti)
- art
Catalan
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Noun
art m. and f. (plural arts)
- art (something pleasing to the mind)
Related terms
Cornish
Etymology
From Latin ars, artis (“art”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɒɹt]
Noun
art m. (plural artys)
Crimean Tatar
Noun
art
Synonyms
- arqa, sırt
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German art.
Noun
art c. (singular definite arten, plural indefinite arter)
Inflection
Inflection of art| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | art | arten | arter | arterne |
| genitive | arts | artens | arters | arternes |
French
Etymology
From Latin artem, accusative singular of ars.
Pronunciation
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audio (file)
Noun
art m. (plural arts)
- art (something pleasing to the mind)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latvian
Verb
art (third-person present tense ar, third-person past tense ara)
Conjugation
conjugation of art| infinitive (nenoteiksme) | art | ||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| 1st person (pirmā persona) | 2nd person (otrā persona) | 3rd person (trešā persona) | 1st person (pirmā persona) | 2nd person (otrā persona) | 3rd person (trešā persona) | ||
| indicative (īstenības izteiksme) | es | tu | viņš / viņa | mēs | jūs | viņi / viņas | |
| present (tagadne) | aru | ar | ar | aram | arat | ar | |
| past (pagātne) | aru | ari | ara | arām | arāt | ara | |
| future (nākotne) | aršu | arsi | ars | arsim | arsiet, arsit | ars | |
| imperative (pavēles izteiksme) | - | (tu) | viņš / viņa | mēs | (jūs) | viņi / viņas | |
| — | ar | lai ar | arsim | ariet | lai ar | ||
| subjunctive (vēlējuma izteiksme) | es | tu | viņš / viņa | mēs | jūs | viņi / viņas | |
| artu | artu | artu | artu | artu | artu | ||
| relative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | es | tu | viņš / viņa | mēs | jūs | viņi / viņas | |
| present (tagadne) | arot | arot | arot | arot | arot | arot | |
| future (nākotne) | aršot | aršot | aršot | aršot | aršot | aršot | |
| debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) | man | tev | viņam / viņai | mums | jums | viņiem / viņām | |
| jāar | jāar | jāar | jāar | jāar | jāar | ||
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ارض (’arɖ).
Noun
art f.
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *arto- (“bear”) (compare Cornish arth, Welsh arth), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Noun
art m.
Synonyms
Swedish
Pronunciation
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audio (file)
Noun
art c.
Declension
Declension of art| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | art | arten | arter | arterna |
| genitive | arts | artens | arters | arternas |
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic art, from Proto-Turkic *hārt (“back”).
Noun
art
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Art is a term that describes a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities, but is most often understood to refer to painting, film, photography, sculpture, and other visual media. Music, theatre, dance, literature, and interactive media are included in a broader definition of art or the arts. Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences, but in modern usage the fine arts are distinguished from acquired skills in general.
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics.
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