Artistic Meaning

/ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/
B1

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adjHaving or revealing creative skill.

adjRelating to or characteristic of art or artists.

It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
Practical utility and artistic beauty combine to make a comfortable house to live in.
The artistic works of the period
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ talent in painting was praised by experts at the gallery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She has an ____ talent and loves to spend her weekends painting landscapes.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

"He [Abraham Lincoln] leaves for America’s history and biography, so far, not only its most dramatic reminiscence—he leaves, in my opinion, the greatest, best, most characteristic, artistic, moral personality." — 1865 April 16, Walt Whitman, “Death of President Lincoln”, in Specimen Days, Philadelphia: Rees Welsh & Co., published 1882–83, page 68:
"Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like." — 1890, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, “The Picture Defended”, in Sheridan Ford, editor, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, New York: Frederick Stokes & Brother, pages 69–70:
"To be artistic, that is, to excite the feeling of beauty effectually, the notes must not be all forte or all piano ; and the execution is the finer the more numerous the gradations—supposing these are such as to satisfy other requirements." — 1855, Herbert Spencer, “Æsthetic Sentiments”, in The Principles of Psychology, volume II, New York: D. Appleton and Company, published 1877, page 640:
"To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck." — 2021 January 5, u/sorgan71, “Anon is nervous”, in Reddit, r/4chan, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2024:
"Second anon is artistic and severely regarded." — 2023 July 9, u/ThePootisSaver, “Femanon(?) Hates Men”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2024:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ talent in painting was praised by experts at the gallery.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She has an ____ talent and loves to spend her weekends painting landscapes.

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