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Meaning of "work of art" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORK OF ART

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORK OF ART

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conjunction
determiner
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Work of art is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORK OF ART MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Work of art

A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an aesthetic physical item or artistic creation. Apart from "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, portable forms of visual art: ▪ An example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture ▪ An object that has been designed specifically for its aesthetic appeal, such as a piece of jewelry ▪ An object that has been designed for aesthetic appeal as well as functional purpose, as in interior design and much folk art ▪ An object created for principally or entirely functional, religious or other non-aesthetic reasons which has come to be appreciated as art ▪ A non-ephemeral photograph, film or visual computer program, such as a video game or computer animation ▪ A work of installation art or conceptual art.

Definition of work of art in the English dictionary

The definition of work of art in the dictionary is a piece of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture. Other definition of work of art is something that may be likened to a piece of fine art, esp in beauty, intricacy, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORK OF ART

work area
work back
work basket
work camp
work ethic
work experience
work file
work function
work in
work off
work on
work out
work over
work permit
work placement
work prospects
work space
work station
work surface
work through

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORK OF ART

black art
body art
clip art
commercial art
decorative art
fine art
folk art
kinetic art
martial art
minimal art
noble art
op art
outsider art
performance art
pop art
rock art
state of the art
the black art
the noble art
video art

Synonyms and antonyms of work of art in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WORK OF ART»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «work of art» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of work of art

Translation of «work of art» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORK OF ART

Find out the translation of work of art to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of work of art from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «work of art» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

艺术作品
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obra de arte
570 millions of speakers

English

work of art
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कला का काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَمَلٌ فَنِّيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

произведение искусства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obra de arte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিল্পকর্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

œuvre d’art
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

karya seni
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kunstwerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

美術品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미술품
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Karya seni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tác phẩm nghệ thuật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலை வேலைப்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कलाकृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sanat eseri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opera d’arte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzieło sztuki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

витвір мистецтва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

operă de artă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έργο τέχνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kunswerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konstverk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kunstverk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of work of art

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK OF ART»

The term «work of art» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK OF ART» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about work of art

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORK OF ART»

Discover the use of work of art in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to work of art and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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You Are My Work of Art
Comparisons between famous works of art and children express the parent- child bond, in this die-cut picture frame format in which each classic painting or sculpture is labeled with the title, the artist and the year the painting was ...
Sue DiCicco, 2011
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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological ...
A series of influential essays on the visual arts that were made possible by machines, and the implications for the future of culture.
Walter Benjamin, Michael William Jennings, Brigid Doherty, 2008
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and ...
Walter Benjamin, 2008
4
The Work of Art
What art is—its very nature—is the subject of this book by one of the most distinguished continental theorists writing today.
Gérard Genette, 1997
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The Literary Work of Art: An Investigation of the ...
Though it is inter-disciplinary in scope, situated as it is on the borderlines of ontology and logic, philosophy of literature and theory of language, Ingarden's work has a deliberately narrow focus: the literary work, its structure and ...
Roman Ingarden, 1973
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Ontology of the Work of Art: The Musical Work, the Picture, ...
His primary concern in "Ontology of the Work of Art" is to ascertain and describe that structure and the mode of existence of works of art.
Roman Ingarden, 1989
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The Total Work of Art in European Modernism
Situating the Gesamtkunstwerk at the heart of European modernism.
David Roberts, 2011
8
Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age
Does Benjamin’s famous essay still speak to this new situation? That is the question posed by the editors of this book to a wide range of leading scholars and thinkers across a spectrum of disciplines in the humanities.
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Michael Marrinan, 2003
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The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in ...
This down-to-earth book takes the mystery of the arts and puts it into your hands to make a joyful difference in the quality of your everyday life.
Eric Booth, 1999
10
Nuclear Futurism: The Work of Art in the Age of ...
In the time of ends, the most dangerous technology of nuclear weapons confronts us with a new philosophy of the future.
Liam Sprod, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORK OF ART»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term work of art is used in the context of the following news items.
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A work of art? Kanye West's latest music video will premiere at a Los …
Kanye West's latest music video must be a work of art, because it's ... world premiere at Paris Fashion Week, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host the ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
2
Touching up Milwaukee Art Museum's most prominent work of art
A painter walks onto the wings above the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Oct. 1 as ... While he works, he is harnessed and attached to the building and ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct 14»
3
Glasgow School of Art: Fire crews save most of building
The Mackintosh building, completed in 1909, is "unique" in that it is a working art school as well as a work of art. It has an A list rating, meaning it has been ... «BBC News, May 14»
4
Book highlights work of Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meiere
This March 21, 2014 photo shows the work of Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meiere in the glass mosaic Banking Room at One Wall Street in New York. «MassLive.com, Apr 14»
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'The Monuments Men' review: Not a work of art
Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's 11" meets David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai" in George Clooney's "The Monuments Men." The combination isn't as ... «Newsday, Feb 14»
6
At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold …
It took seven superrich bidders to propel a 1969 Francis Bacon triptych to $142.4 million at Christie's on Tuesday night, making it the most expensive work of art ... «New York Times, Nov 13»
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Losing my virginity will be a work of art
He says in context his work, entitled Art School Stole My Virginity, isn't so radical and outrageous, it's the development of an existing theme: a new take on a ... «Evening Standard, Oct 13»
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'The Scream' Fetches Highest Price Ever For A Work Of Art
You recognize the image instantly - the hairless man, clutching his head with a pained look of fear or agony plastered across his features, silhouetted against ... «NPR, May 12»
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The Work of Art in the Age of Google
If art is among your full-blown obsessions or just a budding interest, Google, which has already altered the collective universe in so many ways, changed your ... «New York Times, Feb 11»
10
'Work of Art' season finale review: As inevitable as death and horses?
There was so much self-conscious irony, art-world-insider chattiness, and reality-TV posturing during this energetic first season of Work of Art: The Next Great ... «Entertainment Weekly, Aug 10»

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