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 s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.
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Arts and crafts
the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production"
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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 s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual 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 s…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making and decorating pottery
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.carving or engraving (especially on stones)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.the art of making perfumes
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.creating figures or designs in three dimensions
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Art history, Visual art.making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
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A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowled…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: arts, decorative, design, handicraft, sponsored.
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