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Definition of Artistic

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists. "His artistic background"

2. Adjective. Satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities. "Artistic workmanship"

3. Adjective. Aesthetically pleasing. "An artistic flower arrangement"

Definition of Artistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill.

Definition of Artistic

1. Adjective. having or revealing creative skill ¹

2. Adjective. relating to or characteristic of art or artists ¹

3. Adjective. aesthetically pleasing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Artistic

1. characteristic of art [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artistic

artis artisan artisan's lien artisanal artisanally artisans artisanship artisanships artist artist's loft

artist's model artist's proof artist's workroom artiste artistes artistic (current term) artistic anatomy artistic creation artistic licence artistic license

artistic movement artistic production artistic revolution artistic style artistical artistically artistries artistry artists artistæ

Literary usage of Artistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Evangelical church the primary interest was not artistic singing, ... Nevertheless the importance of artistic singing was fully valued by the Reformers. ..."

2. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"artistic HANDICRAFTS AMONG THE ANCIENTS. IN order to gain a more complete idea of the artistic endowments of the peoples of classic antiquity, we will, ..."

3. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"But painfully to cut them out and mount them in 'artistic' groups : to letter them more painfully still, and then to illuminate them in agony is. relatively ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"artistic STUDIES IN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES PROFESSOR WALDO S. PRATT, Mus.D. HARTFORD THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The importance of this topic from our point of ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"I have now great pleasure in thanking Mr. Trevor-Battye, in the name of this meeting, for the very interesting paper he has read to us. AN artistic ..."

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