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noun paintings, drawings, etc. ADJ. great, high | abstract, avant-garde, commercial, conceptual, figurative, fine, graphic, performance, pop/popular, sacred, visual | contemporary, modern VERB + ART create, produce one of the greatest works of art ever produced ART + NOUN gallery | collector, critic, dealer, historian, lover | treasure, work (also artwork) | college, school | form Cinema became accepted as an art form. | history | market | world Many people from the art world attended the painter's funeral. the arts: art, music, theatre, literature, etc. ADJ. creative, decorative, dramatic, performing, plastic, visual PHRASES arts and crafts an exhibition of Peruvian arts and crafts | funding for the arts, a patron of the arts, sponsorship of the arts 3 arts not sciences ART + NOUN subject | degree PHRASES arts and sciences ability/skill VERB + ART master, perfect I've never mastered the art of making bread. PREP. ~ of Television has ruined the art of conversation. PHRASES get sth down to a fine art (= learn to do it very well) She's got the business of buying Christmas presents down to a fine art.NOTEworks of arta piece/work of ~ Michelangelo's Pietà is a magnificent work of art.collect ~ She collects Jacobean portraits.display, exhibit, show ~ The works will be displayed in the new wing of the museum.~ be (put) on display/exhibition/show~ go on display/exhibition/show paintings put on show for the first time The photographs are on exhibition until the end of September.house ~ An annexe was built to house the sculptures.a series of ~ a series of paintings by Van Gogha collection/exhibition of ~ an exhibition of early 20th century French masterpiecesan art/photographic/photography exhibition The open art exhibition will allow new artists to exhibit their work.by ~ a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth
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