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work of art
noun
a piece of creative work in the arts, especially a painting or sculpture.
a product that gives aesthetic pleasure and that can be judged separately from any utilitarian considerations.
work of art
noun
a piece of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture
something that may be likened to a piece of fine art, esp in beauty, intricacy, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of work of art1
Example Sentences
Billy Quigley tells the BBC he has "no idea" the steel beams at the end of the Peace bridge were intended to be a work of art.
Nazi officials, on the other hand, were happy to be compensated for unloading undesirable works of art to foreign collectors.
He would have been better advised to do what James Ijames did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham” — respond to Shakespeare’s classic through a completely autonomous work of art.
“And so I reread ‘The Crucible,’ which is like the most famous work of art about witch hunts.”
Fornés believed that a work of art isn’t an equation to be solved but an invitation for wonder, which Aristotle considered the beginning of philosophy.
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