BEAUX ARTS
Dictionary entry overview: What does beaux arts mean?
• BEAUX ARTS (noun)
The noun BEAUX ARTS has 1 sense:
1. the study and creation of visual works of art
Familiarity information: BEAUX ARTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEAUX ARTS (noun)
Meaning:
The study and creation of visual works of art
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
beaux arts; fine arts
Hypernyms ("beaux arts" is a kind of...):
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
Domain member category:
texture (the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality)
geometric; geometrical (characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration)
conventional; formal; schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)
naive; primitive (of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style)
bastardised; bastardized (deriving from more than one source or style)
nonclassical (not classical)
classical (of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times)
painterly (having qualities unique to the art of painting)
reproduce (recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means)
hieratic (adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beaux arts"):
painting (creating a picture with paints)
carving; sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
