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[ adjective ] relating to or characteristic of art or artists
Examples "his artistic background" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)And dancing_school , so helpful in artistic and psychological development , also contributes to this essential early training - and can contribute even more . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)That this abandonment takes_place on a stage , during an ' artistic ' performance , is enough to associate Jacoby with art , and to bring_down upon him the punishment for art ; that_is , he is suspect , guilty , punishable , as is anyone in Mann 's stories who produces illusion , and this is true even_though the constant elements of the artist nature , technique , magic , guilt and suffering , are divided in this story between Jacoby and La^utner . On the street outside , Hieronymus envisions a holocaust of the vanities of this world , such a burning of artistic and erotic productions as his namesake actually brought to pass in Florence , and prophetically he issues his curse : `` Gladius_Dei super terram cito et velociter '' . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The ninth century was in its artistic work `` the spiritually freest and most self-sufficient between past and future '' , and the loving skill spent by its artists upon their products is a testimonial to their sense that what they were doing was important and was appreciated . (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)We have heard that after seeing Mr._Quasimodo 's work it will be virtually impossible to deny the artistic validity and importance of the whole abstract movement . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities
Examples "artistic workmanship" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The artistic interest , then , lies_in what the encounter may be made to represent , in the power of some central significance to draw the details into relevance and meaningfulness . Related terms |
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