artwork
[ahrt-wurk]
- Printing.
- the elements that constitute a mechanical, as type, proofs, and illustrations.
- a mechanical; paste-up.
- the production of artistic or craft objects.
- the object so produced.
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Origin of artwork
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Contemporary Examples
The artworks themselves were often thinly veiled propaganda.
By Tom Sykes A new study claims that over 70 percent of artworks for sale are either fakes or misattributions.
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October 18, 2014
A new study claims that over 70 percent of artworks for sale are either fakes or misattributions.
My artworks are like a mirror, the cultural expression of society in which we live in.
The local people open their homes to show off their treasures inside: artworks, Shoji screens, their homes.
Historical Examples
Kitsch-like images are used as ironic devices in artworks critical of the bourgeois taste.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
artwork
- all the original nontextual matter in a publication, esp the illustrations
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Word Origin and History for artworks
artwork
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