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art

/ahrt/US // ɑrt //UK // (ɑːt) //

艺术,艺术品,艺术类,美术

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
    • : the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art;an art collection.See also fine art, commercial art.
    • : a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
    • : the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
    • : any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art;industrial art.
    • : a branch of learning or university study, especially one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature: She was adept at the arts of music and painting;I've always felt an affinity towards the visual arts, though I studied art of philosophy.
    • : arts,the humanities, as distinguished from the sciences and technical fields: a college of arts and sciences.liberal arts: Faculty of Arts.
    • : skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation;From my mother, I learned the art of perfectly cooked pasta.
    • : the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking;the art of selling.the craft, trade, or profession using these principles or methods.See also term of art.
    • : skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
    • : trickery; cunning: glib and devious art.
    • : studied action; artificiality in behavior.
    • : an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics.
    • : illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?
    • : Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.
  1. 1
    • : art up, to improve the aesthetic quality of through some form of art: This dress is so plain, it could use some arting up.I had an interior designer art up my apartment.

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Examples

  • The smaller notebook options would make great travel art journals.

  • On some level, it’s an indication that “art is reflecting the times,” Renz says.

  • This week, Folger Theatre is premiering its virtual project “Encores,” an initiative to help provide more online content for the community while most arts institutions remain closed during the pandemic.

  • I learned to love the art of the search, the stories emerging from decomposing seats, revealing lost glasses and keys.

  • This social art is generally lost during months of drinking at home, unless you have company, but the pandemic had forbidden even that possibility, and weeknight drinking alone became an alarming habit.

  • The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.

  • Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.

  • In “Steal This Episode,” the filmmaker denounces Homer Simpson as an “enemy of art.”

  • But those watching Selma were judging a work of cinematic art.

  • I spent time yesterday listening to the music you made, and looking at the art you created.

  • Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

  • Many of these have been seen in the Corcoran Art Gallery and in other public exhibitions.

  • Adequate conception of the extent, the variety, the excellence of the works of Art here heaped together is impossible.

  • So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).

  • While residing in Brussels these two artists began to collect works of art for what is now known as the Mesdag Museum.