Noun a piece of modern art It's a remarkable picture, but is it art? The museum has a large collection of folk art. He studied art in college.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The Queen has accumulated over $500 million in personal assets, largely due to her investments, art collection, jewelry, and real estate, which includes the Sandringham House and the Balmoral Castle, according to Business Insider. Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 Art Adventures: Join us for a workshop featuring a hands-on art activity in the studio followed by a visit to the gallery. Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Here are The Courant’s art picks for the 10 best things to do in Connecticut the week of Sept. 11 to 17. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2022 His strongest legacy, though, lies in the art of movies itself. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022 The 2022 Harvest Home Fair will include traditional elements, such as rides, games, live music, hobby competitions, art shows, flower shows, 4-H animal exhibits and a parade (on Thursday), as well as new additions, such as the artisan market. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 As a medium, video games can uniquely be enjoyed as a pastime, an ice breaker for parties, a competition or an art piece. Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 To me, the best art makes all of us question traditions. Suzy Expositostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Charles I of England bought an enormous art collection from Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua. Anthony Grafton, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
Adjective
New Orleans is a city of neighborhoods and experiencing Prospect asks visitors to traverse the city’s network of neighborhoods with venues ranging from the traditional, like museums, to public spaces to non-art venues. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021 In fact, Smith did in America what Agnès b. was doing in France—turning a fashion brand into an anti-haute, pro-art, super-hip egalitarian statement. Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 12 June 2021 The Fre — a Taylor Mac fable about the costs of escaping a homophobic, anti-art background — took place in a ball pit. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021 In July, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) released findings of its survey of 760 museum directors, including those from non-art institutions, confirming the extent of the economic toll caused by pandemic closures. Jennifer G. Wolcott, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2020 That's an opportunity for cities to collaborate with the agency to make their road art street-legal. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, "craft, principles of a craft or a field of knowledge, one of the seven fields of study comprising the medieval school curriculum, practical knowledge, code of behavior," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, "skill, craft, knowledge, deceit, sorcery," borrowed from Latin art-, ars "acquired skill, craftsmanship, stratagem, behavior (in plural artēs), systematic body of knowledge and techniques, profession, artistic achievement," going back to Indo-European *h2r̥-ti- "act of fitting or joining" (whence also, perhaps from an adverbialized locative, Greek árti "just now," arti- "fitting, correct," Armenian ard "just now," Lithuanian artì "close by"), nominal derivative from the verbal base *h2er- "fit, join" — more at arm entry 3
Note: M. de Vaan (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008) also adduces from *h2r̥-ti- Old Avestan ārəiti- "reward" (Young Avestan aṣ̌i-). Compare, also with zero grade ablaut and -t- suffixes, Sanskrit ṛtáḥ "right, true," ṛtúḥ "fixed time, order, rule." See also article entry 1, artiodactyl.