[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/art/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / art # art noun (art, arts; an art) «art» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#m1) 2. Art is also the things made this way, like paintings in a gallery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#m2) 3. An art is a skill that takes practice, such as the art of cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#m3) 4. The arts are subjects like music, dance, drama, painting and literature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#m4) ### In the lessons At school, art is a lesson where pupils draw, paint, model clay and learn about artists. In everyday life people see art in galleries, museums and on walls. Phrases: art class, work of art, arts and crafts, art gallery, martial arts. ### Examples - We have art on Tuesday afternoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x1) - I painted a sunflower in art class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x2) - The museum has art from all over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x3) - Her drawing is a real work of art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x4) - We did arts and crafts with paper plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x5) - Cooking a perfect pancake is an art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x6) - Karate is a martial art. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x7) - Cave people made art on rock walls long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/#x8) ### Note Usually uncountable: art (not an art) when you mean the subject or works; countable in an art meaning a skill, and the arts. Person: artist. Adjectives: artistic, arty. Art is not only painting; music, dance and stories are arts too. ## In Jewish tradition "Art" here is an old form of "are", used with "thou", as in "thou art". In the primary lessons: At school, art is a lesson where pupils draw, paint, model clay and learn about artists. In everyday life people see art in galleries, museums and on walls. Phrases: art class, work of art, arts and crafts, art gallery, martial arts. ### Examples - And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x1) - and said: 'Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. (Torah GEN.24.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x2) - 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar; (Torah DEU.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x3) - Art thou become like unto us? (Prophets ISA.14.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x4) - And he said unto me: Who art thou? (Prophets 2SA.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x5) - Art thou the first man that was born? (Writings JOB.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/#x6) ### Note Usually uncountable: art (not an art) when you mean the subject or works; countable in an art meaning a skill, and the arts. Person: artist. Adjectives: artistic, arty. Art is not only painting; music, dance and stories are arts too. ## Early Modern English ### Meaning Are, used with thou. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/art/#m1) ### Then and now No longer used; today we say are. ### Examples - And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/art/#x1) - "Falada, Falada, there thou art hanging!" (Grimm's Fairy Stories) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/art/#x2) - and said: 'Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. (Torah GEN.24.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/art/#x3) ### Note Today: are. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «art» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/art/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«art» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/art.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «art» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/art/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«art» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/art.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «art» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/art/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«art» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/art.html) on Mova free.