Artist
['ɑːtɪst] or ['ɑrtɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.
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Definition
(n.) One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
(n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
(n.) One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.
(n.) An artful person; a schemer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Designer, contriver, projector, adept, ARTIFICER, skilful person.[2]. Painter, limner, sketcher.[3]. Sculptor, carver, modeller.
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Definition
n. one who practises an art esp. one of the fine arts as painting sculpture engraving or architecture.—adjs. Artist′ic -al according to art.—adv. Artist′ically.—n. Art′istry artistic pursuits: artistic workmanship quality or ability.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Commonly, the individual long haired and short-suited, having a positive pose and an uncertain income. Often shy on meal-tickets but strong on technique and the price of tripe sandwiches. An artist may be a barber, a boot-black, a Sargent or a Paderewski.
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Examples
- The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But perhaps the world will doubt the existence of such an artiSt. What will they doubt? Plato. The Republic.
- This led his eager mind to delve into Italian literature, and shortly the young workman was not only draughtsman and artist, but something of a man of letters as well. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Bucket asks, conveying the expression of an artist into the turn of his eye and head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So here I am, a poor devil of an artist. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The artist studies the progress of his own attempts to see what succeeds and what fails. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The conversation went on to other subjects, but the artist kept the conclusion he had just stated in mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What is true of an artist is true of any other special calling. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The legs on the other side were too much for the artist's technique. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The imitative artist will be in a brilliant state of intelligence about his own creations? Plato. The Republic.
- There is none of the horrid English barbarity of feeling about the social position of an artist in this house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The artist does that: he controls his medium so that we come most readily to the heart of his intention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Moving with her artist friends in different kinds of society, Gudrun had already come to know a good many people of repute and standing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This artist is much encouraged and esteemed by the whole fraternity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He lived at the house of Benjamin West, and painted, and his portraits were shown at the Royal Academy and at the Society of Artists. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her jewelry marts are filled with artists in mosaic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What kind of artists? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Artists and executives often have their knowledge in this state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I have been seeing a great deal of the German artists here: I travelled from Frankfort with one of them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Some artists prefer to work directly on the stone with a camel's hair pencil, or with a composition called lithographic chalk. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Professor Dilth ey has collected many other records of the hallucinatory clearness of the visual imagery of literary artists. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is the work of publicists and educators, scientists, preachers and artists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No doubt the Greek artists who came to Gandhara were loath to relinquish a familiar theme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Well, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'then I wish the artists would come. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But only artists produce for each other the world that is fit to live in. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is well enough for artists; but I never would learn to draw. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The drawing upon paper, to be transferred to stone, is not attended with any difficulty, and may be done by ordinary artists. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Then the pay is not derived by the several artists from their respective arts. Plato. The Republic.
- Her portrait has been painted nine times; the greatest artists in Europe have begged for the privilege. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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