art form

art form

n. An activity or a piece of artistic work that can be regarded as a medium of artistic expression.

art form

n 1. (Art Terms) a conventionally established form of artistic composition, such as the symphony or the sonnet 2. (Art Terms) a recognized medium of artistic expression

art′ form`

n. 1. the structure of an artistic work. 2. a medium for artistic expression. 3. any medium regarded as having systematized rules, procedures, or formulations. [1865–70]

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art form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture)kind, sort, form, variety - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture - architecture as a kind of art formsonata form - a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphonyarchitecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

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