art form

noun

Any activity or piece of work that has artistic merit.

“Pottery is an art form.”

Meanings

nounart form (plural art forms)

plural art forms

  1. Any activity or piece of work that has artistic merit.

    A race car is an art form.

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  2. A specific genre or medium of art.

    Pottery is an art form.

Translations

Danish kunstform
  • kunstformform of art
German Kunstform
  • Kunstformform of art
Icelandic listgrein
  • listgreinform of art
Norwegian Bokmål kunstform, kunstart
  • kunstformform of art
  • kunstartform of art
Swedish konstform
  • konstformform of art
Turkish sanat eseri
  • sanat eseriform of art
Cite this entry
APA

art form. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20form

MLA

“art form.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20form. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “art form,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/art%20form.

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