artistic

[ ahr-tis-tik ]

/ ɑrˈtɪs tɪk /

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adjective

conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.

showing skill or excellence in execution: artistic workmanship.

exhibiting taste, discriminating judgment, or sensitivity: an artistic arrangement of flowers; artistic handling of a delicate diplomatic situation.

exhibiting an involvement in or appreciation of art, especially the fine arts: He had wide-ranging artistic interests.

involving only aesthetic considerations, usually taken as excluding moral, practical, religious, political, or similar concerns: artistic principles.

of art or artists: artistic works.

of, like, or thought of as characteristic of an artist: an artistic temperament.

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Also ar·tis·ti·cal .

Origin of artistic

First recorded in 1745–55; artist + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM artistic

ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbin·ter·ar·tis·tic, adjectivenon·ar·tis·tic, adjectivenon·ar·tis·ti·cal, adjective

non·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbpre·ar·tis·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ar·tis·tic, adjectivepseu·do·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-ar·tis·tic, adjectivequa·si-ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·ar·tis·tic, adjectiveun·ar·tis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH artistic

artistic , autistic

Words nearby artistic

artiodactyl, artisan, artisanal, artist, artiste, artistic, artistic director, artistry, artless, art lining, artmobile

How to use artistic in a sentence

The artistic work and inspirational motivational work as a conductor, the logistical work of increased planning, those elements are all there except in a different format.
The challenges of conducting in a pandemic|Patrick Folliard|February 9, 2021|Washington Blade
Gunderson, whose work is wildly popular in American regional theater, portrays her husband as rather a Renaissance man – he’s artistic, athletic, scientific, spiritual, and, especially as played DeMerritt, demonstrably cocky, kind, and vulnerable.
‘Catastrophist’ offers lessons from a pre-COVID plague|Patrick Folliard|February 5, 2021|Washington Blade
For the few theater companies that are attempting to hold live performances, every artistic element of staging—from set design and casting to costumes—is being reconsidered to safeguard the health of actors, stage crew, and theater-goers.
A careful return to live theater is coming down to costume design|Anne Quito|February 2, 2021|Quartz
Bobby Smith, Nicholas McDonough and Paul Scanlan grandly round out the dozen Sondheim singers, and Gardiner, Signature’s associate artistic director, reasserts his command here of the Sondheim canon — the company’s originating raison d’etre.
Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times|Peter Marks|February 1, 2021|Washington Post

It's the latter aspect that most strongly bears the hallmark of Håfström's artistic sensibility.
Multi-layered Outside the Wire is part action thriller, part intimate drama|Jennifer Ouellette|January 31, 2021|Ars Technica
By giving an artistic veto to a madman, we submit to the mindset of a slave.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You two seem to have similar artistic sensibilities, both very interested in the macabre.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Colfer's artistic callings share a common thread: they are deeply personal and rooted in a challenging childhood.
Chris Colfer on Writing, Acting, and the Pain of Being A Pop Culture Trailblazer|Oliver Jones|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, they saw music videos as a launch pad for a whole new artistic movement: virality.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age|Lauren Schwartzberg|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock had met or known about everyone of artistic consequence over the last 60 years.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The quality of artistic beauty in articulation is very important, beyond the mere accuracy which is ordinarily thought of.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
At home Liszt doesn't wear his long abb's coat, but a short one, in which he looks much more artistic.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
She went to Paris in 1878 and was so attracted by the artistic life which she saw that she determined to study there.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
In the spring of 1880 she went again to Paris, only to "feast on things artistic."
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.
Children's Ways|James Sully

British Dictionary definitions for artistic

artistic

/ (ɑːˈtɪstɪk) /

adjective

of or characteristic of art or artists

performed, made, or arranged decoratively and tastefully; aesthetically pleasing

appreciative of and sensitive to beauty in art

naturally gifted with creative skill

Derived forms of artistic

artistically, adverb

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