intricate artwork
- noun
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obra de arte intrincada
- The gallery features stunning intricate artwork from various artists.
Examples
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She spent months creating an intricate artwork inspired by nature.
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The museum displayed several intricate artwork pieces from the Baroque period.
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Tourists marveled at the intricate artwork carved into the palace doors.
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Did you see the intricate artwork at the museum?
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The museum featured intricate artwork, showcasing the artist's attention to detail and complex patterns.
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Her collection of intricate artwork includes paintings with elaborate designs and vibrant colors.
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Visitors admired the intricate artwork carved into the wooden panels of the historic building.
Antonyms
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'intricate' (complex, detailed) transparently modifies 'artwork' (a work of art), so the combined meaning 'artwork with complex or detailed patterns' is directly inferable from the constituents. This simple adjective+noun composition follows normal compositional semantics and is cross-linguistically common, making it easily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Intricate artwork comes from an old word for things that are 'tangled' or full of 'many small parts'. The word intricate suggested pieces woven or braided together, so imagine tiny lines and shapes joined into one design and you can see why it means art with many small, detailed parts.