Art
[ɑːt] or [ɑrt]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; 'an art exhibition'; 'a fine collection of art'.
(noun.) a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; 'the art of conversation'; 'it's quite an art'.
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Definition
(-) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
(n.) Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Skillful plan; device.
(n.) Cunning; artifice; craft.
(n.) The black art; magic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Trade, craft, business, calling, employment, exercise of skill.[2]. Skill, address, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, tact, aptitude, aptness, cleverness, ingenuity.[3]. Cunning, astuteness, artfulness, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, subtlety, craftiness, craft, duplicity, wiliness, guile.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Science, literature, aptitude, readiness, adroitness, skill, dexterity,cunning, deceit, duplicity, tactics, profession, artifice, management, trade,business, calling
ANT:Inaptitude, maladroitness, candor, openness, frankness, mismanagement
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Definition
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 éŽ thetic 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.'
2d pers. sing. of the present tense of the verb To be.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape S.J.
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Examples
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One of the most important of the early inventions in the textile art was the _cotton gin_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thou art with us now and in favor of this of the bridge? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thou hast spoken the Jew, said Rebecca, as the persecution of such as thou art has made him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- So glad we have another taste in common besides our taste for Art. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For thou art good and kind. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- One was called the Ars Memorandi, or Art of Remembering, and the other the Ars Moriendi, or Art of Knowing How to Die. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is suggestive that among the Greeks, till the rise of conscious philosophy, the same word, techne, was used for art and science. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The art of manufacturing gems synthetically, that is, by the combination of chemical elements present in the real stone, has reached a high degree of success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Art is again the answer to this demand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The first principle which runs through all art and nature is simplicity; this also is to be the rule of human life. Plato. The Republic.
- Before the invention of the art of printing, a scholar and a beggar seem to have been terms very nearly synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They are sad Goths in Art, Mr. Hartright. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Again you find us, Miss Summerson, said he, using our little arts to polish, polish! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Chemistry plays a part in every phase of life; in the arts, the industries, the household, and in the body itself, where digestion, excretion, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- All the ancient arts of Mexico and Peru have never furnished one single manufacture to Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But thou promised to teach us all thy arts for the money we pay thee, objected Hielman, who was of an avaricious turn of mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the mechanical arts, the sciences become methods of managing things so as to utilize their energies for recognized aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Great numbers of his most sober and valuable subjects were driven abroad by his religious persecutions, taking arts and industries with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There remained throughout the whole period considerable areas in which the elaboration of the arts of life could go on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My quarto edition of the same, 'Arts et Metiers', I give to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He had his own theories of the arts of public address. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Leave it by all means, advised the Father, for be sure that no good will come of these strange arts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Damsel, he said, if the pity I feel for thee arise from any practice thine evil arts have made on me, great is thy guilt. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And this is what the arts of music and gymnastic, when present in such manner as we have described, will accomplish? Plato. The Republic.
- But some of the poorer free citizens followed mechanic arts, and, as we have already noted, would even pull an oar in a galley for pay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The electric furnace, stimulated into higher heat by the dynamo than can be otherwise obtained, has brought about many valuable discoveries, and made great advances in various arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- All these, and many more useful arts, too many to be enumerated here, wholly depend upon the aforesaid sciences, namely, arithmetic and geometry. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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