work of art

Noun

Meaning

A product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc.
Synonym: artwork

Anything beautiful or exquisite.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

work design production study art opus creation piece composition description painting picture representation classic graphics
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Antonyms

problem base basis loss damage failure
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Hypernyms

art fine art

Hyponyms

piece art object objet d'art

Examples

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Vladimir Nabokov

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. Henry Flynt

To become truly immortal a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken it will enter the regions of childhood vision and dream. Giorgio de Chirico

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. Oscar Wilde

Don't pass judgement on a work of art if you don't know how to create it. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

work nights work occasionally work of a past master work of fiction work of love work of necessity