Work of art
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| In [[fine art]], a '''work of art''' (or '''artwork''' or '''work''') is a [[creation]], such as a [[song]], [[book]], [[print]], [[sculpture]] or a [[painting]], that has been made in order to be a thing of beauty in itself or a [[symbol]]ic statement of meaning, rather than having a practical function. | In [[fine art]], a '''work of art''' (or '''artwork''' or '''work''') is a [[creation]], such as a [[song]], [[book]], [[print]], [[sculpture]] or a [[painting]], that has been made in order to be a thing of beauty in itself or a [[symbol]]ic statement of meaning, rather than having a practical function. | ||
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In fine art, a work of art (or artwork or work) is a creation, such as a song, book, print, sculpture or a painting, that has been made in order to be a thing of beauty in itself or a symbolic statement of meaning, rather than having a practical function.
Since modernism, the field of fine art has expanded to include photography (and fine art photography in particular), film (and art film in particular), performance art, conceptual art, and video art.
What is perceived as a work of art differs between cultures and eras and by the meaning of the term '"art" itself. Up until the 1970s, for example, art critics and the general public tended to exclude applied arts from works of art.
To establish whether a work is a work of art, the concepts of artistic merit and literary merit are regularly invoked.
A work of art might be called also an objet d'art a French phrase that literally translates to "art object" and means something with perceived artistic value.
See also
- Authorial intentionality
- Oeuvre
- Fine art
- Cultural artifact
- Masterpiece
- Aesthetics
- The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
- Magnum opus
- Seminal work
- Western canon
