art formn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːt fɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈɑrt ˌfɔrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: art n.¹, form n.

Etymology: < art n.¹ + form n., probably after German Kunstform (17th cent. in sense ‘skilful artistic form’).

1. An established form taken by a work of art, as a novel, concerto, portrait, film, etc.; an artistic genre.

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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > an art

art1842

art form1855

mass art1938

performance art1971

1855 Musical World 26 May 323/2 Is it first necessary to prove the nothingness, in the detection of the error already stated, of the art-form, opera?

1868 G. M. Hopkins Note-bks. & Papers (1937) 97 An intellectual attraction for very sharp and pure dialectic or, in other matter, hard and telling art-forms.

1894 World 21 Feb. 23/1 This type of musical farce is not an elevating or intellectual art-form.

1919 R. Lynd Old & New Masters vii. 88 The dramatic lyric and monologue in which Browning set forth the varieties of passionate experience was an art-form of immense possibilities.

1928 H. Read Phases of Eng. Poetry i. 11 Anglo-Saxon poetry is already a highly developed art-form.

1929 H. G. Wells King who was King i. 8 (heading) The Film, the Art Form of the Future.

2004 New Yorker 22 Mar. 101/1 Video installation is now a fully mature and independent art form that synthesizes aspects of narrative and documentary film, painting, sculpture, and decoration in real space and time.

2. A medium of artistic expression.

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1856 Mechanics' Mag. 5 July 7/1 Zincoplastic has the advantage that the finest art-forms can be reproduced by it most faithfully.

1895 Music Mar. 454 The composer may..centralize to the utmost his energies on the form. Even his material has an element of art form in it.

1952 D. T. Rice Eng. Art 871–1100 v. 132 Before the crosses were finally eclipsed as an art-form, a very wide repertory of different types of decoration was to appear on their shafts and heads.

1999 R. Meredith in B. Craig et al. Art & Performance in Oceania i. v. 55/2 Art education in American Samoa is intended to suit the needs of the student of the westernised and the indigenous Samoan art forms.

†3. A theme or motif constituting a traditional subject of works of art, e.g. the Madonna and Child. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > motif

motive1842

motif1848

art form1887

1887 Mag. of Art 135/2 Some such accidental juxtaposition of decorative bird-woman and galleys..suggested the art-form or myth of Odysseus and the Sirens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	art form
释义	art formn. Brit. /ˈɑːt fɔːm/, U.S. /ˈɑrt ˌfɔrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: art n.¹, form n. Etymology: < art n.¹ + form n., probably after German Kunstform (17th cent. in sense ‘skilful artistic form’). 1. An established form taken by a work of art, as a novel, concerto, portrait, film, etc.; an artistic genre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > an art art1842 art form1855 mass art1938 performance art1971 1855 Musical World 26 May 323/2 Is it first necessary to prove the nothingness, in the detection of the error already stated, of the art-form, opera? 1868 G. M. Hopkins Note-bks. & Papers (1937) 97 An intellectual attraction for very sharp and pure dialectic or, in other matter, hard and telling art-forms. 1894 World 21 Feb. 23/1 This type of musical farce is not an elevating or intellectual art-form. 1919 R. Lynd Old & New Masters vii. 88 The dramatic lyric and monologue in which Browning set forth the varieties of passionate experience was an art-form of immense possibilities. 1928 H. Read Phases of Eng. Poetry i. 11 Anglo-Saxon poetry is already a highly developed art-form. 1929 H. G. Wells King who was King i. 8 (heading) The Film, the Art Form of the Future. 2004 New Yorker 22 Mar. 101/1 Video installation is now a fully mature and independent art form that synthesizes aspects of narrative and documentary film, painting, sculpture, and decoration in real space and time. 2. A medium of artistic expression. ΚΠ 1856 Mechanics' Mag. 5 July 7/1 Zincoplastic has the advantage that the finest art-forms can be reproduced by it most faithfully. 1895 Music Mar. 454 The composer may..centralize to the utmost his energies on the form. Even his material has an element of art form in it. 1952 D. T. Rice Eng. Art 871–1100 v. 132 Before the crosses were finally eclipsed as an art-form, a very wide repertory of different types of decoration was to appear on their shafts and heads. 1999 R. Meredith in B. Craig et al. Art & Performance in Oceania i. v. 55/2 Art education in American Samoa is intended to suit the needs of the student of the westernised and the indigenous Samoan art forms. †3. A theme or motif constituting a traditional subject of works of art, e.g. the Madonna and Child. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > motif motive1842 motif1848 art form1887 1887 Mag. of Art 135/2 Some such accidental juxtaposition of decorative bird-woman and galleys..suggested the art-form or myth of Odysseus and the Sirens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1855
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