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ARTISTIC CREATION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The creation of beautiful or significant things

Example:

he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully

Synonyms:

art; artistic creation; artistic production

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("artistic creation" is a kind of...):

creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)

Domain member category:

chalk out; sketch (make a sketch of)

model; mold; mould (form in clay, wax, etc)

miniate (paint with red lead or vermilion)

watercolor; watercolour (paint with watercolors)

stipple (make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink)

fill in; shade (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)

cartoon (draw cartoons of)

charcoal (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)

draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)

portray; present (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)

depict; limn; portray (make a portrait of)

conventionalize; stylise; stylize (represent according to a conventional style)

illustrate (depict with an illustration)

lithograph (make by lithography)

silkscreen (print by silkscreen)

stencil (mark or print with a stencil)

engrave; etch (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

stipple (engrave by means of dots and flicks)

etch (make an etching of)

aquatint (etch in aquatint)

model; pose; posture; sit (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

deaccession (sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works)

pop; popular ((of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people))

cathartic; releasing (emotionally purging (of e.g. art))

moderne (of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes)

nonrepresentational (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)

formalised; formalistic; formalized (concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art))

Americana (any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America)

art; fine art (the products of human creativity; works of art collectively)

ground ((art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting)

talaria (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))

aesthetics; esthetics ((art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art))

celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)

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)

ensemble; tout ensemble (an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole)

exhibition; expo; exposition (a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display)

appraiser; authenticator (one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity)

idealogue; 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))

doldrums; stagnancy; stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))

longueur (a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art))

finger-paint (apply colors with one's fingers)

fresco (paint onto wet plaster on a wall)

distemper (paint with distemper)

illuminate (add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts))

miniate; rubricate (decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red)

blazon; emblazon (decorate with heraldic arms)

sculpt; sculpture (create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material)

paint (make a painting of)

paint (make a painting)

repaint (paint again)

charge (place a heraldic bearing on)

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

depict; picture; render; show (show in, or as in, a picture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artistic creation"):

arts and crafts (the arts of decorative design and handicraft)

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)

decalcomania (the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface)

decoupage (the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer)

drafting; draftsmanship; drawing (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams)

glyptography (carving or engraving (especially on stones))

gastronomy (the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food)

origami (the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds))

painting (creating a picture with paints)

perfumery (the art of making perfumes)

printmaking (artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens)

carving; sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)

topiary (making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees)

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