artwork

English

Etymology

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

   • 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.

Translations

painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art

• Czech: výtvarné dílo n, dílo (cs) n
• Esperanto: verko (eo), artoverko
• Finnish: teos (fi), taideteos (fi)
• Galician: obra de arte f
• German: Kunstwerk (de) n
• Greek: καλλιτέχνημα (el) n (kallitéchnima)
• Hungarian: műalkotás (hu), mű (hu), alkotás (hu)
• Ido: artoverko (io)
• Japanese: 芸術作品 (geijutsusakuhin), アートワーク (ātowōku)
• Kapampangan: kalalangan, kelalangan
• Maori: mahinga toi
• Marathi: कलाकृती f (kalākŕtī)
• Polish: dzieło sztuki (pl) n
• Portuguese: obra de arte (pt) f
• Russian: иску́сство (ru) n (iskússtvo)
• Spanish: obra de arte f
• Swahili: sanaa (sw)
• Swedish: konstverk (sv) n
• Thai: งานศิลป์ (th), อาร์ตเวิร์ก (th)
• Ukrainian: ви́твір m (výtvir)

artistic work

• Finnish: taiteellinen työ; taidekäsityö
• Galician: obra de arte f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνημα (el) n (kallitéchnima)
• Indonesian: karya seni (id)
• 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