art
/ɑɹt/ noun A1- The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. · There is a debate as to whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
- The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
- Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus. · She's mastered the art of programming.
- The study and the product of these processes. · He's at university to study art.
- Aesthetic value. · Her photographs are nice, but there's no art in them.
- Artwork. · Sotheby's regularly auctions art for millions.· art collection
- A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature. · I'm a great supporter of the arts.
- (often in dichotomy with science) A subject understood best through intuition rather than methodology.
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In the former were many good paintings: but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy’s, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes.
One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from harm.”
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