artwork

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis

Proto-Italic *artis

Latin ars

Latin artemder.

Old French artbor.

Middle English art

English art

English -work

English artwork

From art + -work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtˌwɜːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/

Noun

artwork (countable and uncountable, plural artworks)

1. A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.

   Synonyms: work of art, art piece, piece of art, art object

   A myriad of Hellenic artworks reflects the perceptions of the citizens of Ancient Greece.

   • 2000, Jerold S. Kayden, Privately Owned Public Space: the New York City Experience‎^[1]:

     The most distinctive physical attribute of the space is the bright red metal sculpture that resembles one of Claes Oldenburg's oversized clothespins, only slightly deconstructed. The artwork may be enjoyed on its own terms, but ...

2. (uncountable) Artistic work.
3. (uncountable, reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.

   The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.

Derived terms

• key artwork

Translations

painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art — see also work of art

• Catalan: obra f, obra d'art f
• Cornish: artweyth
• Czech: výtvarné dílo n, dílo (cs) n
• Danish: kunstværk (da) n
• Dutch: kunstwerk (nl) n
• Esperanto: verko (eo), artoverko
• Faroese: listaverk (fo) n
• Finnish: teos (fi), taideteos (fi)
• French: œuvre (fr) f, œuvre d'art (fr) f
• Galician: obra f, obra de arte f
• German: Kunstwerk (de) n
• Greek: καλλιτέχνημα (el) n (kallitéchnima)
• Hungarian: műalkotás (hu), mű (hu), alkotás (hu)
• Icelandic: listaverk (is) n
• Ido: artoverko (io)
• Italian: lavoro m, opera f, opera d'arte f, lavoro visivo m
• Japanese: 芸術作品 (geijutsusakuhin), アートワーク (ātowōku)
• Kapampangan: kalalangan, kelalangan
• Lithuanian: mẽno kūrinỹs m
• Māori: mahinga toi
• Marathi: कलाकृती f (kalākŕtī)
• Norwegian: kunstverk (no) n
• Polish: dzieło sztuki (pl) n
• Portuguese: obra (pt) f, obra de arte (pt) f
• Russian: иску́сство (ru) n (iskússtvo), произведение искусства (ru) n (proizvedenije iskusstva), произведение (ru) n (proizvedenije)
• Spanish: obra f, obra artística f, obra de arte f, obra pictórica f, obra creativa f
• Swahili: sanaa (sw)
• Swedish: konstverk (sv) n
• Thai: งานศิลป์ (th), อาร์ตเวิร์ก (th)
• Ukrainian: ви́твір m (výtvir), твір мистецтва m (tvir mystectva)

artistic work

• Finnish: taiteellinen työ; taidekäsityö
• Galician: obra de arte f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνημα (el) n (kallitéchnima)
• Indonesian: karya seni (id)
• Italian: opera artistica f,
• Polish: praca (pl) f
• Portuguese: obra de arte (pt) f
• Ukrainian: тві́р мисте́цтва m (tvír mystéctva)

graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work

• Finnish: kuvitus (fi)
• Hungarian: illusztráció (hu), grafika (hu)
• Italian: immagine (it) f, elemento grafico m
• Polish: ilustracja (pl) f, grafika (pl) f