单词 | fine artist |
释义 | fine artistn. A person engaged in a fine art, or the fine arts; now esp. a creative visual artist (such as a painter or sculptor) whose works are intended to be appreciated primarily or solely for their aesthetic, imaginative, or intellectual content.Sometimes contrasted with applied artist, commercial artist, etc.In early use not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1763 H. Spens in tr. Plato Republic Pref. p. xxxiii The mariner, the soldier, the low mechanic, and the fine artist; the orator,..as well as the philosopher,..may..each in his turn [etc.]. 1839 Baltimore Lit. Monument June 82/2 The Fine Arts became matters of merchandise, and fine artists were refined. 1895 Eclectic Mag. Apr. 552/1 If nothing but the ‘fine art’ is..permitted to survive, who..is to support the would-be engravers during the years..required to make ‘fine artists’ of them? 1913 Fortn. Rev. 1 May 903 When a fine artist..[has] to struggle as hard..to attain commercialism as the ordinary commercial artist. 1957 P. Selz Germ. Expressionist Painting vi. 57 This widespread conversion of ‘fine’ artists to the ‘applied’ arts. 1995 J. Miller Voxpop i. 29 I'm sharing a house with a fine artist—a dope-head—a girl who's doing fashion and architecture. 2004 Uncut Mar. 98/3 Gimme Skelter comes packaged with illustrations by fine artist Raymond Pettibon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763 |
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