Meanings
alternative US artistic license
- uncountableAny departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by an artist to achieve a desired effect.
The script takes a little artistic licence with the facts.
1 more example
Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […]
2017, Allison Sherman, Artistic Practices and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Italy: Essays in Honour of Deborah Howard, Routledge, →ISBN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 藝術加工 /艺术加工
- 藝術加工 /艺术加工 (yìshù jiāgōng)any departure from fact or convention by an artist
Danish kunstnerisk frihed
- kunstnerisk frihedany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Finnish taiteellinen vapaus
- taiteellinen vapausany departure from fact or convention by an artist
French licence artistique
- licence artistiqueany departure from fact or convention by an artist
German künstlerische Freiheit
- künstlerische Freiheitany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Italian licenza poetica
- licenza poeticaany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Norwegian Bokmål kunstnerisk frihet
- kunstnerisk frihetany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Portuguese licença artística
- licença artísticaany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Romanian licență artistică
- licență artisticăany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Spanish licencia artística
- licencia artísticaany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Swedish konstnärlig frihet
- konstnärlig frihetany departure from fact or convention by an artist
Cite this entry
artistic licence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistic%20licence
“artistic licence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistic%20licence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artistic licence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artistic%20licence.
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