Antonyms for art

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ahrt

Phonetic Transcription : ɑrt

Definition of art

Origin : early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from Old French art (10c.), from Latin artem (nominative ars) "work of art; practical skill; a business, craft," from PIE *ar-ti- (cf. Sanskrit rtih "manner, mode;" Greek arti "just," artios "complete, suitable," artizein "to prepare;" Latin artus "joint;" Armenian arnam "make;" German art "manner, mode"), from root *ar- "fit together, join" (see arm (n.1)).
In Middle English usually with a sense of "skill in scholarship and learning" (c.1300), especially in the seven sciences, or liberal arts. This sense remains in Bachelor of Arts, etc. Meaning "human workmanship" (as opposed to nature) is from late 14c. Sense of "cunning and trickery" first attested c.1600. Meaning "skill in creative arts" is first recorded 1610s; especially of painting, sculpture, etc., from 1660s. Broader sense of the word remains in artless.
Fine arts, "those which appeal to the mind and the imagination" first recorded 1767. Expression art for art's sake (1824) translates French l'art pour l'art. First record of art critic is from 1847. Arts and crafts "decorative design and handcraft" first attested in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in London, 1888.
Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truths, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. The revolt of individualism came because the tradition had become degraded, or rather because a spurious copy had been accepted in its stead. [William Butler Yeats]

noun skill, creativity
noun cunning
noun creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind

Example sentences :

As for art and the sciences, these did not interest them very much.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Thou,” she says to the Gifted, “art the object of my first and all-engrossing passion.
Extract from : « The Lamplighter » by Charles Dickens

But if art has done little, nature has done wonders for Constantinople.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

He felt that the deep wisdom in his art, which he had sought so far, was found.
Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

But he did not profane that scene by the mockery of his art.
Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Art surely no mere clerk, but bishop or cardinal at the least.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

One common grave, according to Garrick, covers the actor and his art.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Her one art was histrionics of the kind that made an individual appeal.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

In short, there is a vast body of art now within the reach of everybody.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

And certainly, when work is made detestable by slavery, there is no art.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

Synonyms for art

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