arts
Painting, music, theater
Arts encompasses creative and imaginative pursuits—painting, sculpture, music, literature, theater, dance.
The term often appears in contrast to sciences: a college of arts and sciences.
The liberal arts are academic subjects valued for general knowledge rather than technical training.
The arts collectively refers to creative disciplines and the cultural sector that supports them: government funding for the arts.
Someone skilled in the arts of persuasion has mastered techniques requiring finesse.
Public exhibit space
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
baroque · classical · antiquity · folklore · mythology · patronage · collection · exhibition
Pigment on canvas
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
- theaterVenue for live drama
- musicOrganized auditory art
poetry · photography · cinema · drawing · collage · installation · performance · ceramics
Study of fundamental truths
- literatureBody of written works
- historyRecord of past events
- classicsWorks of lasting value
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
anthropology · linguistics · ethics · theology · humanism · rhetoric · criticism · aesthetics
Aesthetic excellence
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
form · design · elegance · proportion · contrast · unity · perspective · texture
Venue for live drama
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
concert · recital · repertoire · ensemble · choreography · staging · acoustics · ovation
Intense emotional drive
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
pathos · empathy · longing · serenity · enchantment · nostalgia · fervor · contemplation
Skilled way of performing
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- masteryComplete skill or control
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
dexterity · precision · expertise · training · practice · discipline · talent · virtuosity
Faculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
- visionAbility to see
- inventionNew device or method
experimentation · abstraction · surrealism · improvisation · conceptualization · interpretation · spontaneity · whimsy
museum
Public exhibit space
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
renaissance · baroque · classical · antiquity · folklore · mythology · patronage · collection · exhibition · retrospective
painting
Pigment on canvas
music · poetry · photography · cinema · drawing · collage · installation · performance · ceramics · printmaking
philosophy
Study of fundamental truths
- literatureBody of written works
- historyRecord of past events
- classicsWorks of lasting value
archaeology · anthropology · linguistics · ethics · theology · humanism · rhetoric · criticism · aesthetics · musicology
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
composition · form · design · elegance · proportion · contrast · unity · perspective · texture · color
theater
Venue for live drama
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
orchestra · concert · recital · repertoire · ensemble · choreography · staging · acoustics · ovation · improvisation
passion
Intense emotional drive
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
euphoria · pathos · empathy · longing · serenity · enchantment · nostalgia · fervor · contemplation · provocation
technique
Skilled way of performing
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- masteryComplete skill or control
- skillAcquired ability through practice
proficiency · dexterity · precision · expertise · training · practice · discipline · talent · virtuosity · finesse
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
- visionAbility to see
invention · experimentation · abstraction · surrealism · improvisation · conceptualization · interpretation · spontaneity · whimsy · eclecticism
- gezondheidszorgdiagnose, specialist, ambulance, consult, intake
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- Elementary Educationprimary school, grade school, curriculum, teaching, classroom
- creative careersmusician, filmmaker, photographer, writer, animator
- magazine sectionseditorials, features, ads, classifieds, comics
- liberal artshumanities, trivium, philosophy, history, classical education
artssciences
Organized bodies of knowledge
hard sciences · STEM · natural sciences · physics · mathematics
artstrades
Mutual swaps or crafts
crafts · manual labor · vocations · industry · commerce
artsnature
Inherent quality or disposition
barbarism · philistinism · raw instinct · primitivism · vulgarity
- martial artistCombat discipline practitioner
- artistic freedomRight to create unrestrained
- work of artAesthetic creation for appreciation
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- arts and craftsCreative hands-on projects
- carotid arteryMain neck blood vessel
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