ARTISTIC


Meaning of ARTISTIC in English

— artistically , adv.

/ahr tis"tik/ , adj.

1. conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.

2. showing skill or excellence in execution: artistic workmanship.

3. exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity: an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.

4. exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, esp. the fine arts: He had wide-ranging artistic interests.

5. involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns: artistic principles.

6. of art or artists: artistic works.

7. of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist: an artistic temperament. Also, artistical .

[ 1745-55; ARTIST + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .