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fine art
(fīn)n.
1.
a. Art produced or intended primarily for beauty rather than utility.
b. often fine arts Any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting, or music, used to create such art.
2. Something requiring highly developed techniques and skills: the fine art of teaching.
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fine art
n
1. (Art Terms) art produced chiefly for its aesthetic value, as opposed to applied art
2. (Art Terms) (often plural) Also called: beaux arts any of the fields in which such art is produced, such as painting, sculpture, and engraving
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fine′ art′
(faɪn)n.
a visual art created primarily for aesthetic purposes and valued for its beauty or expressiveness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, or architecture.
[1760–70]
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fine art
, commercial artwork - Fine art is any art created for its own sake, as opposed to commercial artwork.See also related terms for sake.
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| Noun | 1. |  fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" artificial flower - a handmade imitation of a blossom commercial art - art used for commercial purposes (as in advertising) creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone cyberart - art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software decoupage - art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer diptych - a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book) genre - a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking grotesque - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants kitsch - excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste mosaic - art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass plastic art - the arts of shaping or modeling; carving and sculpture triptych - art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together) work of art - art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) dance - an artistic form of nonverbal communication |
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Translations
الفُنون الجَميلَه
krásné umění
de skønne kunster
szépmûvészet
fagrar listir
güzel sanat
fine1
(fain) adjective1. (usually of art etc) very good; of excellent quality. fine paintings; a fine performance.
2. (of weather) bright; not raining. a fine day.
3. well; healthy. I was ill yesterday but I am feeling fine today!
4. thin or delicate. a fine material.
5. careful; detailed. Fine workmanship is required for such delicate embroidery.
6. made of small pieces, grains etc. fine sand; fine rain.
7. slight; delicate. a fine balance; a fine distinction.
8. perfectly satisfactory. There's nothing wrong with your work – it's fine.
adverb satisfactorily. This arrangement suits me fine.
interjection good; well done etc. You've finished already – fine!
ˈfinely adverbˈfinery noun
beautiful clothes, jewellery etc. I arrived in all my finery.
fine art art that appeals immediately to the senses, eg painting, sculpture, music etc. Painting is one of the fine arts.
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