What does Art mean?
Definitions for Art
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Art.
Princeton's WordNet
art, fine artnoun
the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
"an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
art, artistic creation, artistic productionnoun
the creation of beautiful or significant things
"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"
art, artistry, prowessnoun
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
"the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matternoun
photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
"the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book"
Wiktionary
Artnoun
A diminutive of the male given name Arthur.
Etymology: A representation of the pronunciation of heart by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
ARTnoun
Etymology: arte, Fr. ars, Lat.
Art is properly an habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims, by which a man is governed and directed in his actions. South.
Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Alexander Pope.
Ev’n copious John Dryden wanted, or forgot,
The last and greatest art, the art to blot. Alexander Pope.Arts that respect the mind were ever reputed nobler than those that serve the body. Ben Jonson, Discovery.
This observation is afforded us by the art of making sugar. Boyle.
The art of our necessities is strange,
That can make vile things precious. William Shakespeare, King Lear.I have as much of this in art as you;
But yet my nature could not bear it so. William Shakespeare, J. Cæsar.
Wikipedia
Art
Art is a diverse range of (and products of) human activities involving creative imagination to express technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and ideas have changed over time. The three classical branches of visual art are painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatre, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, music, film and other media such as interactive media, are included in a broader definition of the arts. Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences. In modern usage after the 17th century, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, the fine arts are separated and distinguished from acquired skills in general, such as the decorative or applied arts. The nature of art and related concepts, such as creativity and interpretation, are explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics. The resulting artworks are studied in the professional fields of art criticism and the history of art.
ChatGPT
art
Art is a diverse range of human activities that involve the creation of visual, auditory, or performance-based artifacts that express the creator's imagination, ideas, or skill in a way intended to be appreciated primarily for their beauty, emotional power or thought-provoking qualities. Art encompasses a wide spectrum of mediums including painting, sculpture, music, dance, theater, film, and photography.
Webster Dictionary
Art
the second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style
Artnoun
the employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes
Artnoun
a system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation
Artnoun
the systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill
Artnoun
the application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature
Artnoun
those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts
Artnoun
learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters
Artnoun
skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage
Artnoun
skillful plan; device
Artnoun
cunning; artifice; craft
Artnoun
the black art; magic
Wikidata
Art
Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts, which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however, like the decorative arts, it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential—in a way that they are usually not for a painting, for example. Music, theatre, film, dance, and other performing arts, as well as literature, and other media such as 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, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, are distinguished from acquired skills in general, and the decorative or applied arts. Art has been characterized in terms of mimesis, expression, communication of emotion, or other values. During the Romantic period, art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science". Though the definition of what constitutes art is disputed and has changed over time, general descriptions mention an idea of human agency and creation through imaginative or technical skill.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Art
ärt, 2d pers. sing. of the present tense of the verb To be. [A.S. eart.]
Art
ärt, n. practical skill guided by rules: human skill as opposed to nature: skill as applied to subjects of taste, the fine arts—music, painting, sculpture, architecture, and poetry: (pl.) specially used of certain branches of learning to be acquired as necessary for pursuit of higher studies, or for the work of life, as in phrase 'faculty of arts, master of arts:' the rules and methods of doing certain actions: a profession, skilled trade, or craft: contrivance: cunning, artfulness, or address: artifice, special faculty of some kind acquired by practice, skill, dexterity, knack: special faculty of giving expression to æsthetic or artistic quality, as in art-furniture, &c., supposed, by the buyer, in this respect, to justify its price.—adj. Art′ful, full of art: (arch.) dexterous, clever: cunning: produced by art.—adv. Art′fully.—n. Art′fulness.—adj. Art′less, simple: (rare) inartistic: guileless, unaffected.—adv. Art′lessly.—ns. Art′lessness; Arts′man, one who cultivates some practical knowledge: (arch.) a man skilled in arts or in learning.—n.pl. Art′-un′ions, associations having for their object the promotion of an interest in the fine arts.—Art and part, as in the phrase 'to be art and part in,' originally in legal expressions like 'to be concerned in either by art or part'—i.e. either by art in contriving or by part in actual execution; now loosely used in the sense of participating, sharing.—Useful arts as opposed to Fine arts, those in which the hands and body are more concerned than the mind.—Science and Art differ essentially in their aims—Science, in Mill's words, 'takes cognisance of a phenomenon, and endeavours to ascertain its law; Art proposes to itself an end, and looks out for means to effect it.' [L. ars, artis. See Arm.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
art
1. The vengeance of the Ideal on the Real. 2. Anything done by a man or a woman on paper, canvas, marble or a musical keyboard that people pretend to understand, and sometimes buy. 3. The antithesis of whatever becomes popular in the cultured world. 4. To cast out the dragons of virtue and hypocrisy by committing some imaginary sin and telling the world about it. 5. The beautiful way of doing things. 6. The expression of a man's joy in his work. 7. A matter of hair-cut and neckties. 8. The uplifting of the beautiful so that all may see and enjoy. 9. The utilization of love's exhaust. 10. Love's by-product.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
art
A north-country word for a bearing point of the compass or quarter of the heavens. Thus the song-- "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly love the west."
art
A spelling of airt (which see). Also, practice as distinguished from theory.
Editors Contribution
art
The ability and skill to create.
The art of conversation is a gift that we are very grateful for.
Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
ART
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Art is ranked #32792 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Art surname appeared 700 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Art.
87% or 609 total occurrences were White.
4.1% or 29 total occurrences were Black.
3.4% or 24 total occurrences were Asian.
3.4% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Art' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #600
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Art' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1873
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Art' in Nouns Frequency: #172
Anagrams for Art »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Art in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Art in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Art in a Sentence
There are many places where art therapists work in schools and engage children in emotionally and academically enhancing ways that look more like the model discussed in this study than traditional psychotherapy groups.
Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my music, then in that respect you can call me that I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness.
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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- kuns, kunste, kunswerkAfrikaans
- فن, فنونArabic
- sənət, incəsənətAzerbaijani
- сәнғәтBashkir
- маста́цтваBelarusian
- изку́ство, изкуство, умение, уме́ниеBulgarian
- শিল্পBengali
- uměníCzech
- kunstDanish
- Kunst, KunstwerkGerman
- επιτηδειότητα, τέχνηGreek
- arteSpanish
- kunstEstonian
- arteBasque
- هنرPersian
- taideteos, taide, taitoFinnish
- artFrench
- ealaínIrish
- אמנותHebrew
- कलाHindi
- művészetHungarian
- արվեստArmenian
- seniIndonesian
- artoIdo
- kúnst, listIcelandic
- arte, produzione artistica, disciplina umanisticaItalian
- アート, 芸術, 技術Japanese
- ხელოვნებაGeorgian
- көркемөнер, өнерKazakh
- សិល្បៈKhmer
- 예술, 藝術Korean
- чеберчилик, искусствоKyrgyz
- ars, artLatin
- KonschtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- kónsLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ສິນ, ສິນລະປະLao
- menasLithuanian
- mākslaLatvian
- ве́штина, уметност, у́метност, уметничко делоMacedonian
- урлагMongolian
- seniMalay
- အနုပညာBurmese
- kunstNorwegian
- kunst, kunstwerkDutch
- kunstNorwegian
- аивадOssetian, Ossetic
- sztukaPolish
- arte, obra de arte, humanaPortuguese
- operă de artă, artă, lucrare de artăRomanian
- иску́сство, уме́ние, мастерство́, Изобразительное искусствоRussian
- कलाSanskrit
- уметност, умјетност, umjetnost, umetnostSerbo-Croatian
- කලාවSinhala, Sinhalese
- umenieSlovak
- umetnostSlovene
- artAlbanian
- konst, konstverkSwedish
- கலைTamil
- ఆర్ట్Telugu
- санъатTajik
- ศิลปะThai
- çeperçilik, sungatTurkmen
- siningTagalog
- sanatTurkish
- сәнгатьTatar
- мисте́цтвоUkrainian
- آرٹUrdu
- sanʼatUzbek
- 藝術, nghệ thuậtVietnamese
- 艺术Chinese
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