adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an artistic director (= person who controls which plays a theatre produces and how they are produced )
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The artistic director announced that a new play would be staged next month.
artistic expression (= expressing something through art )
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He firmly believes there are not enough outlets for artistic expression in our society.
artistic freedom (= freedom to create anything as an artist )
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Banning the film would be an unacceptable restriction on artistic freedom.
artistic ideals ( also aesthetic ideals formal )
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His father had given up artistic ideals in pursuit of money.
artistic inspiration (= which inspires someone to produce a work of art )
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Writers are always looking for new sources of inspiration.
artistic merit (= the qualities that make something good as a piece of art )
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What are the artistic merits of this statue?
artistic tendencies
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As he grew up, he displayed artistic tendencies.
artistic/creative ability
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You do not need to have any artistic ability.
artistic/creative flair
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a job for which artistic flair is essential
artistic/nervous/good etc temperament
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Jill has such a lovely relaxed temperament.
musical/artistic/creative etc talent
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It was at school that Brian’s musical talents were spotted.
musical/artistic/literary etc bent
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readers of a more literary bent
musical/literary/artistic taste
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His musical tastes changed radically.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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But it feels that the modern men have expanded comics, made them somehow more artistic .
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If you have become disenchanted with the run of the mill, go into something more artistic or unorthodox.
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But the Fraumanster's appeal is more artistic than historic.
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Had so much more artistic experience.
■ NOUN
ability
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You do not need any artistic ability as the package itself can be trusted to take all the important design decisions.
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I found it difficult to take a rubbing so, despite my lack of artistic ability , I've drawn a sketch.
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I like using my artistic ability 22.
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The artistic ability of John Harden is rarely remarked on but Green often enjoyed music in his company.
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But ten years later, his exceptional artistic ability has finally been rewarded.
achievement
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During all this time, however, his artistic achievement continued in private.
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Each nominee received a certificate from academy president Arthur Hiller in recognition of his or her artistic achievements .
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National or political fervour can alternatively be the motor force of remarkable artistic achievements .
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We have assumed that stylistics investigates the relation between the writer's artistic achievement , and how it is achieved through language.
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I suspect they award points for skill in flying and for artistic achievement too!
activity
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Given the nature of the project, Pontus Hulten was an obvious choice to direct the artistic activities of the new Kunsthalle.
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To prevent change, the Guardians control all artistic activities to keep out subversive new ideas.
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The present exhibition covers thirty years of artistic activity concentrating on the different themes which have marked his career.
community
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Throughout history football has been the favoured sport of the artistic community .
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She was one of the few members of the artistic community who admitted to religious observance.
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The reactionary tendencies aside, the artistic community did not have to deal with such disputes.
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The paucity of resources, the lack of an intellectual and artistic community in the institute made conditions intolerable.
control
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The issue of artistic control was as vexed at the majors as it was at indies.
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It gave Raymond Cusick a far greater guarantee of artistic control over the series.
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However, the vastly differing agendas of the majors and the indies affected questions of artistic control in differing ways.
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Unfortunately Lester did not have complete artistic control over the picture.
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Verity Lambert would have artistic control over, and generally the casting vote in any decisions about, the programme.
creation
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Imagination and artistic creation are also, according to a strict interpretation of Freudian theory, neurotic symptoms.
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What it feels like is a process of artistic creation .
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In a sense, Van Gogh's life is itself an artistic creation .
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Shakespeare's poet is in a frenzy, possessed by the spirit of artistic creation .
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In either case, each is considered indivisible as an artistic creation .
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What of artistic creation as opposed to contemplation?
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It also has the reverential, quasi-mystical approach to artistic creation which always seems to go down well with critics.
creativity
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Much of this artistic creativity was more innovative than before.
development
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Physical closeness in the temple workshops may have stimulated friendly rivalry to produce ever-finer works and thus stimulated technical and artistic development .
director
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The age of those mighty, entrepreneurial artistic directors has probably come to an end.
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Not unnaturally, its organiser, Paul Onoratini, and its artistic director , Rene
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The Alley has undergone a rebirth under Boyd, who became artistic director in 1989.
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A couple of moments do flag, but Millennium artistic director John Gunn mostly keeps his actors moving briskly through their paces.
expression
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Somiryon practises and promotes realism in art and campaign for freedom of artistic expression .
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Every manner of artistic expression , every experiment, however imaginative, however preposterous or outrageous, was now permissible.
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On the other hand, these laws have the potential to suppress worthwhile literary and artistic expression .
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But capturing a scenic landscape wasn't always Dunn's main means of artistic expression .
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You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation.
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Creativity/spirituality: no outlet for artistic expression , religious beliefs, humanitarian ideals. 17.
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This worries me a little, possibly because it lacks any of those conceits of artistic expression which my vanity holds so dearly.
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If I explain, the artistic expression is destroyed.
flair
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When it comes to styling, artistic flair and imagination are essential.
form
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Or to put it differently, he saw in nature a storehouse of artistic forms .
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A sociology of culture must further and most obviously concern itself with specific artistic forms .
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Folk-song is the direct ancestor of lyric poetry, and the simplest artistic form that unites the Apolline and the Dionysiac.
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This combination of differing cultures creates a surprising and most successful artistic form .
freedom
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If western critics can be said to have had a unifying credo, then this was the constant stress on artistic freedom .
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Traditional quilts combine the discipline of pattern with the artistic freedom to choose color and scale.
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It stands at the pinnacle of notions of individual self-expression and artistic freedom .
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Many other directors also began to view such demands as an imposition upon their artistic freedom .
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Not withstanding his attempts to appease conservative critics, Mr Frohnmayer's aversion to placing any restrictions on artistic freedom was increasingly apparent.
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A cautious optimism spread within the liberal intelligentsia, and the writers, especially, initiated calls for greater artistic freedom .
genius
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This struggle with adversity and the resulting self-imposed isolation came to be seen as criteria for artistic genius .
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He had seen the reflected glory of kings and princes, experienced the artistic genius of the Renaissance.
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She was convinced of her own artistic genius and perpetually dissatisfied with the quality of recognition she received.
inspiration
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Pegasus, the winged horse, has always been equated with artistic inspiration .
integrity
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Jean-Claude may have had artistic integrity on his side but he did not have a legal leg to stand on.
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But they can not touch the dazzling artistic integrity of the female performances.
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It is a feat of storytelling that is carried off with tremendous poise and unobtrusive artistic integrity .
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The equation of balancing artistic integrity with commercial considerations is further influenced by the relationship of artist to patron and public.
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Pukhov, a careerist painter, sacrifices his artistic integrity by cynically painting potboilers to please factory and party committees.
licence
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There's nothing wrong with a bit of artistic licence , of course.
life
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Huguenots brought their skills to augment those of Zurich's own craftsmen, and other refugees enriched its artistic life .
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Literary and artistic life was confined to this small circle.
merit
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But Sophie Ryder is a sculptor who finds artistic merit in the more mundane aspects of rural life.
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Membership of East Berlin's Akademie depended on government approval more than on artistic merit .
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Does An exact copy of a Michelangelo statue lose artistic merit because it doesn't have his name on it.
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The fifty-year-old display area is now to be replaced with a new space of suitably high artistic merit .
quality
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Unique spectacle means a lot at this festival, but is hardly ever at the expense of artistic quality .
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It's director says the artistic quality of productions is now at risk.
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Drawings are prepared for most designs and drawings are protected by copyright as artistic works, irrespective of artistic quality .
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Individual craft items with a discernible artistic quality will be covered by copyright.
skill
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Ehret senior possessed some artistic skill and he encouraged his son in both pursuits, urging him to travel.
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If you use their approach, you can create original, effective and unique sites with little or no artistic skills .
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Mathematical skills will also be important here, although artistic skills are not particularly necessary.
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These deal in simple concepts and require no artistic skills to operate and relatively little training or backup.
talent
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Club owner Sergei Lissovsky is well aware that most of his performers are lacking in artistic talent .
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In many ways, this was a good decision, mainly because I have no artistic talent .
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Birch showed considerable mechanical and artistic talent at an early age.
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His artistic talent combines with a wry humour - a man on a toilet is hidden in each of the intricate drawings.
temperament
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Gould's time was too precious and his ambition too overriding to allow him a thought for artistic temperament .
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Movie films always run over budget because the artistic temperament is impatient with detail.
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An alert artistic temperament is the first requirement for the creation of these so impressive two dimensional figures.
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People with artistic temperaments are rarely practical with money and are easy to rip-off.
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She is just the sort of girl to stimulate the artistic temperament .
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Perhaps it was her artistic temperament - it was impossible to know for certain.
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He made no bones about displaying his artistic temperament .
value
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Their ability to shock was based on a calculated rejection of exhausted artistic values .
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Such critical perspectives suggest we are in the midst of a thoroughgoing overhaul of traditional ideas about artistic value and meaning.
work
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Private rituals of artistic work , including setting aside time and space to work, preparation of materials, procedure for work.
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They were judged by degree of difficulty, artistic work and other standards, said Bud Harbin, festival chairman.
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Artists obtain certain rights, collectively known as copyright, on the origination of any artistic work .
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Her extant artistic works include a number of miniatures and paintings, notably her illustrated breviary.
works
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It is highly unlikely that semiconductor designs will be considered to be artistic works .
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Her extant artistic works include a number of miniatures and paintings, notably her illustrated breviary.
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His assertion is that our ancestors were too stupid to have created the most impressive of surviving ancient architectural and artistic works .
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Drawings are prepared for most designs and drawings are protected by copyright as artistic works , irrespective of artistic quality.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aggressive/suicidal/criminal/artistic etc tendencies
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In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.
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Its sedative effects were valued, but sometimes progressed to pathological depression with suicidal tendencies , so its use was limited.
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Learning theories have been much more important in positivist theorising about the acquisition of criminal tendencies .
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Most probably, if had not been articulated in times of war these artistic tendencies would have simply been considered marginal.
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The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night.
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The rumbling row with the unions over ending the block vote is a classic example of its suicidal tendencies .
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Through a series of flashbacks, Judith's past is gradually explored, and you begin to take her suicidal tendencies seriously.
artistic/poetic licence
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After several days however, with nobody apprehended, the papers indulged in a little poetic licence .
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It's rite. i REpeat when i liKe. i have poetic licence ! don't question me????
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The film is but one version of some horrifying events, and stretched poetic licence to the extreme.
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There's nothing wrong with a bit of artistic licence , of course.
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Thomas Deloney may have used a little poetic licence to embroider a good yarn.
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Wilde took poetic licence to the extreme, for the true story is much more down to earth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chef Stroehl is known for the artistic presentation of his dishes.
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Creators of artistic works have a legal right to copyright.
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I love your Christmas decorations - they're very artistic .
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members of the artistic community
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She's creative, artistic , and temperamental.
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She described her mother as 'very intelligent and artistic '.
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That's a lovely picture - I never realized you were so artistic .
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The Czech Republic has a long artistic tradition.
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The director feared that business decisions would affect the film's artistic quality.
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The food was presented in an artistic way.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His technical command of artistic processes never obscured his sense of humour.
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It's director says the artistic quality of productions is now at risk.
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One to deal with its mathematical, one with its philosophical and psychoanalytic, one with its artistic implications.
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Such critical perspectives suggest we are in the midst of a thoroughgoing overhaul of traditional ideas about artistic value and meaning.
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The artistic photographer should represent what he sees and no more, he insisted.
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What makes them different is their talent and their skills, without which our civilization would lose a priceless artistic heritage.