work of art

noun phrase

1

: a product of one of the fine arts

especially : a painting or sculpture of high artistic quality

2

: something giving high aesthetic satisfaction to the viewer or listener

Examples of work of art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Fantastic Four star arrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art looking like a work of art herself, in a custom Tamara Ralph creation. —Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026

The attention to detail in each design is remarkable and every cookie feels like a tiny work of art. —Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026

Part of what makes his significant and beautiful memoir, A Different Person (1995), an important work of art is Merrill’s self-awareness that writing a memoir is an act in service of not a self but many selves, amounting not to a definitive statement but to a kind of treatise about being. —Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026

The coffee shop is a work of art in itself (as are the directional signs). —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for work of art

• counterpart
• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart