art : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
  abstractionism.
  

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• noun an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance
  

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• noun an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television
  

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• noun a class in which you learn to draw or paint
  

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• noun a collection of art works
  

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• noun a critic of paintings
  

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• noun a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
  

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• noun a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
  deco.
  

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• noun the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation
  

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• noun the director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting)
  

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• noun an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter
  

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• noun an exhibition of art objects (paintings or statues)
  

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• noun (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)
  

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• noun a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
  gallery; picture gallery.
  

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• noun a historian of art
  

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• noun the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture
  

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• noun a group of artists who agree on general principles
  artistic movement.
  

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• noun a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers
  

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• noun a work of art of some artistic value
  piece; objet d'art.
  
  • this store sells only objets d'art
  • it is not known who created this piece

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• noun a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
  

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• noun a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing
  progressive rock.
  

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• noun a school specializing in art
  

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• noun someone studying to be an artist
  

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• noun United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)
  Arthur Tatum; Tatum.
  

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• noun someone who teaches art
  

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Art` un"ion

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1. An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

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• noun the arts of decorative design and handicraft
  
  • they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production

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• noun an associate degree in arts
  AA.
  

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• such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery.

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• noun a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
  AB; Artium Baccalaurens; BA.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in library science
  ABLS.
  

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• noun a bachelor's degree in nursing
  BAN.
  

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• noun the study and creation of visual works of art
  beaux arts.
  

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• noun the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
  sorcery; black magic; necromancy.
  

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Black" art`

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1. The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic. ✍ This name was given in the Middle Ages to necromancy, under the idea that the latter term was derived from niger black, instead of nekro`s, a dead person, and mantei`a, divination. Wright.

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• noun ready-made pieces of computerized graphic art that can be used to decorate a document
  

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• noun art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising)
  

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• noun university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
  Cooper Union.
  

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• noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
  cuisine.
  

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• magic. Obs.

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• fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.

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• metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.

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• noun an honorary arts degree
  ArtsD.
  
• noun a doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus
  D.A..
  

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• noun an honorary degree in fine arts
  

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• noun a doctor's degree in musical arts
  AMusD.
  

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• noun the art of writing and producing plays
  dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre.
  

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• noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  art; fine art.
  
  • an art exhibition
  • a fine collection of art

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• noun the study and creation of visual works of art
  beaux arts.
  
• noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
  art; fine art.
  
  • an art exhibition
  • a fine collection of art

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• . See the Note under Art.

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• noun genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
  

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• noun carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones)
  glyptography.
  

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• noun the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
  graphic art.
  

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• noun the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
  graphic art.
  

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• a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture.

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• alchemy.

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• art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all meretricious display.

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• noun theory and practice of homemaking
  home ec; home economics; domestic science.
  

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• noun a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools
  

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• noun studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
  arts; humanistic discipline; humanities.
  
  • the college of arts and sciences

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• noun any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport
  
  • he had a black belt in the martial arts

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• noun a master's degree in arts and sciences
  Artium Magister; AM; MA.
  

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• one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M.

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• noun a master's degree in library science
  MALS.
  

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• noun a master's degree in teaching
  MAT.
  

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• noun a master's degree in fine arts
  MFA.
  

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• noun an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
  minimalism; reductivism.
  

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• noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
  naive art; primitive art; outsider art; self-taught art.
  

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• noun supernatural practices and techniques
  occult.
  
  • he is a student of the occult

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• noun a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve
  

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• noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
  naive art; primitive art; outsider art; self-taught art.
  

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• noun arts or skills that require public performance
  

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• noun the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture
  

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• noun a school of art that emerged in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and became prevalent in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s; it imitated the techniques of commercial art (as the soup cans of Andy Warhol) and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
  

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• noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
  naive art; primitive art; outsider art; self-taught art.
  

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• noun an honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain
  Royal Academy.
  

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• noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
  naive art; primitive art; outsider art; self-taught art.
  

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• noun the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time
  
  • the state of the art in space travel

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• adjective satellite the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time)
  
  • state-of-the-art technology

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• . See under Art.

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• noun a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
  naive art; primitive art; outsider art; self-taught art.
  

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• noun art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)
  

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