art department
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- noun
- /ɑrt dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
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departamento de arte
- She manages the art department, works with freelance artists, and she also creates occasional illustrations as well.
- the visual arts department
- the fine arts department
- the language arts department
Along that wall we have our art department, which consists of two graphic and textile artists.
- Along that wall we have our art department, which consists of two graphic and textile artists.
- I lived on campus and I had, you know, a job working for the art department.
- And then by the next year I spent all my time in the art department and not only in there doing menial tasks.
- I was unemployed partly because the the funds have been cut to arts departments and I wanted to be a lecturer in in English.
- It was just like very impressive art department and sit dressing and building, blah, blah, blah.
Examples
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She is a graduate student in the art department focusing on contemporary painting techniques.
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You take it to the art department and have them do it right.
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This guy's from the art department.
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I'll take this back to the art department.
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The center also encourages students in the art department and music program to come to the center.
Blog text (1) -
All the paintings were done by our talented painters in the art department.
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The filmmakers were extremely happy with the transformations the art department carried out.
Blog text (8) -
The art department demonstrated the creativity and ingenuity that increased newscasting would require.
Academic text (2017) -
The students presented their final projects to the art department for feedback and evaluation.
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During the orientation, new students learned about the resources available in the art department.
Synonyms
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A school where people learn to make art like painting or sculpture
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the division of a school responsible for teaching art' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'art' (artistic practice) with 'department' (an organizational division). This noun + department construction is a common, compositional pattern across languages and settings, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Art department comes from schools grouping all teachers and classes of art into one department. Imagine a part of a school where painting, sculpture and design are taught together; that shared area became the 'art department', so today it means the part of a school in charge of 'teaching art'.