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Examples of art in a Sentence
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
Seen one way, then, The Challenge would seem to demonstrate the limits of art to speak truth to power.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
Shows are usually short and scrappy, often odd or intense (and sometimes in tents), and the city that churns with them for a month makes the argument for quantity: More art!
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2023
The loft-like lobby also beckons with plenty of seating areas furnished with both custom and vintage pieces, plus art by local creators.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
These all seemed to be signs that the Recording Academy was broadening its view of Latin music and art and considering it for major categories, rather than siloing it to genre-specific categories.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
The camp will include art, games and a community service project.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
Film Festival in 2022, explores the life and art of the legendary jazz performer.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
The festival will take over downtown’s Theatre at the Ace Hotel, Los Angeles Theatre, Orpheum Theatre and Palace Theatre, as well as several surrounding lots to showcase art and food vendors.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 May 2022
New Orleans is a city of neighborhoods and experiencing Prospect asks visitors to traverse the city’s network of neighborhoods with venues ranging from the traditional, like museums, to public spaces to non-art venues.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
In fact, Smith did in America what Agnès b. was doing in France—turning a fashion brand into an anti-haute, pro-art, super-hip egalitarian statement.
—Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 12 June 2021
The Fre — a Taylor Mac fable about the costs of escaping a homophobic, anti-art background — took place in a ball pit.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021
In July, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) released findings of its survey of 760 museum directors, including those from non-art institutions, confirming the extent of the economic toll caused by pandemic closures.
—Jennifer G. Wolcott, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2020
That's an opportunity for cities to collaborate with the agency to make their road art street-legal.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 11 Oct. 2019
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Word History
Noun
Middle English, "craft, principles of a craft or a field of knowledge, one of the seven fields of study comprising the medieval school curriculum, practical knowledge, code of behavior," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, "skill, craft, knowledge, deceit, sorcery," borrowed from Latin art-, ars "acquired skill, craftsmanship, stratagem, behavior (in plural artēs), systematic body of knowledge and techniques, profession, artistic achievement," going back to Indo-European *h2r̥-ti- "act of fitting or joining" (whence also, perhaps from an adverbialized locative, Greek árti "just now," arti- "fitting, correct," Armenian ard "just now," Lithuanian artì "close by"), nominal derivative from the verbal base *h2er- "fit, join" — more at arm entry 3
Note: M. de Vaan (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008) also adduces from *h2r̥-ti- Old Avestan ārəiti- "reward" (Young Avestan aṣ̌i-). Compare, also with zero grade ablaut and -t- suffixes, Sanskrit ṛtáḥ "right, true," ṛtúḥ "fixed time, order, rule." See also article entry 1, artiodactyl.
Adjective
from attributive use of art entry 1
Middle English, from Old English eart; akin to Old Norse est, ert (thou) art, Old English is is
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1853, in the meaning defined above
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“Art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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Kids Definition
art
2 of 2 nounOld English eart "art"
Noun
Middle English art "art, skill," from early French art (same meaning), from Latin art-, ars "skill"
Medical Definition
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abbreviationThe Chicago TribuneAnna Mulrine, U.S. News & World ReportHelena Oliviero, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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