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Definition: Fine Art |
Fine ArtNoun1. The products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Fine ArtSynonym: art (n). (additional references) |
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"Fine art" differs from "useful art" (craft) in that it is purely aesthetic, whereas crafts are made to serve a practical purpose. Example: a sculpture of a teapot that does not actually work is fine art, whereas one that does work is craft.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fine art."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Taste | Dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation. |
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Crosswords: Fine Art |
| English words defined with "fine art": Decorative art ♦ Flat chasing ♦ High-wrought. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fine art": demogroup ♦ percussive maintenance. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Fine Art of Hair Pulling (1992) | |
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![]() | Acrylic painting of a Barrow's Goldeneye by Robert Steiner, 315 Cornwall Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. As one of the top wildlife artist's in the country, Bob Steiner, finally won the 1997 Federal Duck Stamp Contest at the age of 48 after 17 previous attempts. Chosen over 379 other entries, Steiner's Barrow's Goldeneye depicts the majesty of the species. The same design, with some enhancements, came in third in the 1995 Federal Duck Stamp Contest (the winner that year was the Surf Scoter design by Wilhelm Goebel). Mr. Steiner has designed a total of 47 duck stamp (state and other commissioned venues), more than any other artist. With a Bachelor's degree in painting and etching at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design, he also achieved a Master's degree in etching and fine art printmaking from San Francisco State University. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and. | ![]() | Gift for the grangers / J. Hale Powers & Co. Fraternity & Fine Art Publishers, Cin'ti. ; Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cincinnati, O. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "fine art": fine art publisher. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "fine art"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kunstforlægger (fine art publisher, publisher of prints). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prentuitgever (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), kunstuitgever (fine art publisher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | beaux arts. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schöne kunst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκδότης έργων τέχνης (fine art publisher), εκδότης των στάμπων (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), εκδότης των γκραβούρων (fine art publisher, publisher of prints). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | editore di stampe (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), editore d'arte (fine art publisher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inefay artay editor de estampas (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), editor de arte (fine art publisher). (various references) lepa umetnost. (various references) editor de láminas (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), editor de grabados (fine art publisher, publisher of prints), editor de arte (fine art publisher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fainter. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fainer, infare, ratine, retain, retina. | |
-2 letters: afire, afrit, after, antre, entia, faint, feint, feria, finer, frena, inert, infer, infra, inter, irate, niter, nitre, refit, retia, riant, tenia, terai, tinea, train, trine. | |
-3 letters: airn, airt, ante, anti, earn, etna, fain, fair, fane, fare, fart, fate, fear, feat, fern, feta, fiar, fiat, fine, fire, firn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: fainters, inflater. | |
+2 letters: faltering, fathering, featuring, firmament, flatliner, flauntier, fornicate, infarcted, inflaters, infracted, infuriate, ingrafted, interface, reflating, reflation, reinflate, threadfin, ultrafine, unfairest. | |
+3 letters: antifreeze, antireform, craftiness, draftiness, engrafting, fantasizer, feathering, federating, federation, firmaments, flatliners, flattering, fluorinate, foredating, fornicated, fornicates, fortepiano, fractioned, fraternity, fraternize, freemartin, infantries, infiltrate, infuriated, infuriates, interfaced, interfaces, interfaith, intergraft, manifester, pathfinder, pianoforte, pinfeather, quantifier, rainforest, redrafting, reflations, refloating, refracting, refraction, refutation, regrafting, reinflated, reinflates, restaffing, sanctifier, threadfins, transfixed, transfixes, unfavorite, vociferant. | |
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