art noun
1 paintings, drawings, etc.
adjective
great , high
commercial , fine
abstract , conceptual , figurative , representational , visual
ancient , classical , medieval , modern , modernist , postmodern
animation , digital , graphic , installation , performance , pop
cinematic , video
erotic , sacred
avant-garde , contemporary , cutting-edge
20th - century , etc.
original
folk , traditional
public
African , Japanese , Western , etc.
comic , cover
He created cover ~ and illustrations for the magazine.
clip ( computing )
verb + art
create , produce
display , exhibit , feature , showcase
The museum normally showcases Western ~.
buy , purchase
collect
view
appreciate
art + noun
gallery , museum
exhibit ( AmE ) , exhibition , show
collection
The castle houses one of the finest ~ collections in Britain.
buyer , collector , consultant , critic , curator , dealer , director , historian , professional , publisher
He was a noted ~ collector.
aficionado , connoisseur , enthusiast , expert , lover
object , treasure , work (usually artwork )
book , magazine , print
academy , college , school
studio
form
Cinema gradually became accepted as an ~ form.
style
His ~ style was less radical than his contemporaries.
movement
the Impressionist ~ movement
history
market
auction , fair
community , scene , world
the New York ~ scene
Many people from the ~ world attended the funeral.
therapy
phrases
life imitates ~
Will real life ever imitate ~ the way Hollywood wishes it would?
2 (the) arts art, music, drama, literature, etc.
adjective
creative , culinary , decorative , dramatic , performing , plastic , visual
applied
martial
arts + noun
administrator , patron
phrases
~s and crafts
an exhibition of Peruvian ~s and crafts
funding for the ~s , sponsorship of the ~s
a patron of the ~s
3 arts not sciences
adjective
liberal ( esp. AmE )
arts + noun
subject ( esp. BrE )
degree
an ~s degree ( BrE )
a liberal ~s degree ( AmE )
phrases
~s and sciences
4 ability/skill
adjective
lost
Social interaction is increasingly becoming a lost ~.
verb + art
master , perfect
I've never mastered the ~ of making bread.
preposition
~ of
Television has ruined the ~ of conversation.
phrases
have sth down to a fine ~ (= know how to do it very well) ( esp. BrE )
She has the business of buying presents down to a fine ~.
Works of art
a piece / work of art
Picasso's Guernica is a magnificent work of art.
collect …
She collects photographic portraits.
display … , exhibit … , show …
The works will be displayed in the new museum.
… is (put) on display / exhibition /show , … goes on display / exhibition /show
paintings put on show for the first time
The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.
house …
A new wing was built to house the sculptures.
a series of …
a series of paintings by Van Gogh
a collection of … , an exhibition of … , an exhibit of … ( AmE )
an exhibition of 20th-century French masterpieces
an art / photographic /photography exhibition , an art / photographic /photography exhibit ( AmE )
The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.
by …
a kinetic sculpture by Alexander Calder
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