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