art form

noun

1

: a form or medium of expression recognized as fine art

sees dance as both an art form and an entertainment

2

a

: an unconventional form or medium in which impulses regarded as artistic may be expressed

describe pinball as a great American art form

—Tom Buckley

b

: an undertaking or activity enhanced by a high level of skill or refinement

easy conversation—an art form in peril of being lost to contemporary schedules

—Joanna Pruess

Examples of art form in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dissatisfied with the quality of the day’s commercial recordings, Paul, who’d worked with pop stars including Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, and was a guitar virtuoso and bandleader, endeavored to push the practice forward — to make recording a kind of erudite art form. —Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025

Named after the year the photographic medium was first made widely available to the public, 1839 Awards organizes many different competitions rewarding the most remarkable creatives for using photography as an art form. —Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

That cinema is its own world that’s worthy of reverence to treat as an elevated, all-encompassing, devote-your-life-to art form. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 May 2025

The researchers hope their new work inspires more scientists to look toward poetry and other art forms as part of their studies. —Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for art form

• brainstorm
• conform
• deform
• firestorm
• hailstorm
• inform
• landform
• lukewarm
• perform
• planform
• platform
• preform