the making or doing of something whosepurposeis tobringpleasuretopeoplethroughtheirenjoymentof what isbeautifulandinteresting, or things often made for thispurpose, such aspaintings,drawings, orsculptures:
In his evasion of type, he is permitted to choose his identity provisionally, to perform the role or roles that will best assist hisart.
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Half-tone illustrations, requiringartpaper plates, will be accepted in special circumstances.
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Science shows the unity,artshows the diversity of the riddle which we call the world.
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But it is of the nature of bothartand ghosts, even "spurious" ones, to refuse to solve the riddle.
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The state of theartand the main results in the evaluation of these systems are reported.
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I have seen other martial arts instructors use similar stratagems to dissuade unwanted students.
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In arts and fashion people recognize styles when they see them, and people often agree on what is stylish or what is not.
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The very fact that the word "philosophia" has been transferred from the seven liberal arts to natural science and metaphysics is significant.
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This unique manner of presentation has emerged into the worlds ofartmusic, underground music, and performanceart.
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He understood theartof music and tried to practice it.
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He understood style as the 'correspondence between theart-work and its history of becoming, with all the conditions and pre-conditions of its becoming' (1979).
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Consequently, it also represents a useful language within which to develop generative systems ofart.
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In what sense is this 'theatre', new or otherwise, the 'negation ofart'?
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Endusers and graphic arts services are both having a difficult time sorting out the options and which ones make sense.
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Both are predicated on a belief in art's representative powers, and yet both rely on the abstracting and deeply hierarchic aesthetics of militaryart.
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Collocationswithart
art
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abstract art
Circle illustrated his intense interest in and sympathetic feeling forabstractart, which was dominant throughout his life.
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ancient art
She, so young, taught us theancientartof alchemy-how to transform cynicism into faith.
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applied art
Does the scheme involve theappliedartcolleges?
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