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art form

art form

55 3.2
A particular type of art, like music, painting, or dance
  • noun
  • /ɑrt fɔrm/
translation icon : forma de arte
  • I view dance as the original art form.
  • art form of dance
  • art form of music
  • art form of film

But it's it's a developing art form and it's very exciting.

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Examples

  • I think crowd work is such an art form and I really love it, love to do it.

  • But you are also learning whether this art form is for you or not along the way.

  • But it's it's a developing art form and it's very exciting.

  • This is an art form, and that art form can be broken down.

  • I understand that comedy as an art form is a relatively small thing.

  • Without those qualities, magic, as an art form, would no longer exist.

  • We can look to other places and other art forms for such expressions.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I think of philosophy as an art form comparable to poetry or music.

  • Podcasting is becoming an art form again.

  • Dance is a unique art form that expresses emotions through movement.

Synonyms

art
vsart form
1.0

Creative works like paintings or music that show beauty and feeling

is a single type or style within that wider creative domain
genre
vsart form
213 4.3

A kind of book, film or music that has a similar style

is a specific style or medium rather than a broad category

Surface Forms

art form singular
art forms plural

Morphology

art + form

The meaning 'a particular type or style of artistic expression' is directly and compositionally derived from 'art' (artistic expression) + 'form' (a way or type), so the phrase transparently denotes a type of art. This noun+noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows a standard English compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

Art form comes from the simple image of art as creative work and form as the shape or way that work is made. Because 'form' has long meant a 'type' or 'style', art form means a particular kind of art, like music, painting, or dance.