artistic creation

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artistic creation - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"artistic production, artcreation, creative activity - the human act of creatingarts and crafts - the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production"ceramics - the art of making and decorating potterydecalcomania - the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surfacedecoupage - the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquerdraftsmanship, drawing, drafting - the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"glyptography - carving or engraving (especially on stones)gastronomy - the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good foodorigami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)painting - creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"perfumery - the art of making perfumesprintmaking - artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreenssculpture, carving - creating figures or designs in three dimensionstopiary - making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or treesAmericana - any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of Americaart, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"ground - (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a paintingtalaria - a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)vocabulary - the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques"aesthetics, esthetics - (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value"cinema, film, celluloid - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a wholeexpo, exposition, exhibition - a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public displayauthenticator, appraiser - one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validityidealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)tension - a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature); "there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time"; "there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history"doldrums, stagnation, stagnancy - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"longueur - a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)finger-paint - apply colors with one's fingersfresco - paint onto wet plaster on a walldistemper - paint with distemperilluminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)miniate, rubricate - decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic armssculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"paint - make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"repaint - paint again; "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life"charge - place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"depict, picture, show, render - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"illustrate - depict with an illustrationstylise, stylize, conventionalize - represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized female head"