fine arts
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3.2
- noun
- /faɪn ɑrts/
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bellas artes
- The gallery featured an impressive collection of fine arts, including stunning paintings and intricate sculptures.
- humanities and fine arts
- fine arts and science
- fine arts education
My father holds a MA in Fine Arts from CSM, is also a painter.
- My father holds a MA in Fine Arts from CSM, is also a painter.
- I'm on the going to art school, Boston University College of Fine Arts.
- The late Lawrence Eitner was Osgood Hooker Professor of Fine Arts at Stanford University.
- So I applied to and we both got into the American Film Institute and we both already had a Master Fine Arts terminal degree in theatre from UCLA.
- They have classes in photography, creative writing, Fine Arts, maybe painting, illustrating lots of things, graphic design, crafts, etcetera.
- However, say I were to decide to be a Fine Arts major.
- The late Lawrence Eitner was Osgoode Hooker, professor emeritus of Fine Arts at Stanford.
- Master of Fine Arts is what is called a terminal degree.
- And then I won this Fine Arts award, well, at graduation that I did not know I was going to win.
- This is from Aaron Grabiak Photography and Fine Arts out of Pennsylvania.
- Fine Arts, Fine Arts, the focus and graphic design.
- I couldn't suddenly of of pretended to be a dealer in Fine Arts, public school, educated.
Examples
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As in the fine arts, images are built to represent the world in certain ways.
Academic text (1995) -
My father holds a MA in Fine Arts from CSM, is also a painter.
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And so when I told my mother that I was going to go and get a master Fine Arts in creative writing, she said, OK.
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It's in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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I went to school, studied Fine Arts, started working for a photographer.
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Thus, we decide to present the contest of the magazine in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Chile.
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Interest in the fine arts grew exponentially after World War II.
Academic text (1995) -
With a master's degree in fine arts, Richman taught art for fifteen years before coming "inside."
Academic text (1997) -
University or college programs are typically housed in faculties of fine arts and/or faculties of education.
Academic text (1996) -
Saraswati, the goddess of learning, music, and fine arts, is portrayed as a female in Hindu texts and paintings.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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1.0
Creative works like paintings or music that show beauty and feeling
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4.1
Things people make mainly to be beautiful and admired, like paintings or sculptures
How Artistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'fine' (refined, high-quality) modifies 'art' (artistic creations), so 'fine arts' naturally denotes refined or high-value art forms. This concept is lexicalized in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'bellas artes'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase fine arts may come from an old French saying where fine meant 'beautiful' and arts meant painting, sculpture and other creative work. That's why fine arts today means art made for 'beauty' and 'ideas', not for practical use.