art form

noun

the more or less established structure, pattern, or scheme followed in shaping an artistic work:
The sonata, the sonnet, and the novel are all art forms.
a medium for artistic expression:
ballet, sculpture, opera, and other art forms.
a medium other than the artistic regarded as having highly developed or systematized rules, procedures, or formulations:
international diplomacy regarded as an art form.

art form

noun

a conventionally established form of artistic composition, such as the symphony or the sonnet
a recognized medium of artistic expression

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Word History and Origins

Origin of art form¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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“YouTube was the place where you went to for an exciting new art form,” Thompson said.

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Launching the festival is giving Bernthal not only an opportunity to practice his favorite art form but to pay it forward.

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“Stranger Things” hurls the art form into Dungeons & Dragons territory.

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"I was seven and quite good at dancing. So my guru - VP Raghavan - approached my father and suggested that I learn Kalaripayattu. Just like dance, the art form requires you to be flexible," she says.

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In an attempt to innovate upon the art form, Evans even designed a suite of miniature stickers for phone cases.

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art for art's sake artful

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