BEAUX ARTS

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

reproduce (recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.)

painterly (having qualities unique to the art of painting)

classical; Graeco-Roman; Greco-Roman (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture)

nonclassical (not classical)

bastardised; bastardized (deriving from more than one source or style)

naive; primitive (of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style)

conventional; formal; schematic (represented in simplified or symbolic form)

geometric; geometrical (characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration)

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)

landscape architecture (the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of large man-made constructs)