- art
- noun1 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 art and illustrations for the magazine.
▪ clip (computing)VERB + ART▪ create, produce▪ display, exhibit, feature, showcase▪The museum normally showcases Western art.
▪ buy, purchase▪ collect▪ view▪ appreciateART + NOUN▪ gallery, museum▪ exhibit (AmE), exhibition, show▪ collection▪The castle houses one of the finest art collections in Britain.
▪ buyer, collector, consultant, critic, curator, dealer, director, historian, professional, publisher▪He was a noted art 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 art form.
▪ style▪His art style was less radical than his contemporaries.
▪ movement▪the Impressionist art movement
▪ history▪ market▪ auction, fair▪ community, scene, world▪the New York art scene
▪Many people from the art world attended the funeral.
▪ therapyPHRASES▪ life imitates art▪Will real life ever imitate art the way Hollywood wishes it would?
2 (the) arts art, music, drama, literature, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ creative, culinary, decorative, dramatic, performing, plastic, visual▪ applied▪ martialARTS + NOUN▪ administrator, patronPHRASES▪ arts and crafts▪an exhibition of Peruvian arts and crafts
▪ funding for the arts, sponsorship of the arts▪ a patron of the arts3 arts not sciencesADJECTIVE▪ liberal (esp. AmE)ARTS + NOUN▪ subject (esp. BrE)▪ degree▪an arts degree (BrE)
▪a liberal arts degree (AmE)
PHRASES▪ arts and sciences4 ability/skillADJECTIVE▪ lost▪Social interaction is increasingly becoming a lost art.
VERB + ART▪ master, perfect▪I've never mastered the art of making bread.
PREPOSITION▪ art of▪Television has ruined the art of conversation.
PHRASES▪ have sth down to a fine art (= know how to do it very well) (esp. BrE)▪She has the business of buying presents down to a fine art.
◆◆◆NOTE: 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
