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Art form

noun

(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture).

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"Art form" Quotes from Famous Books

... contributed to this period. But, notwithstanding its Italian birth and infancy, it remained for Germany to bring oratorio to a vigorous manhood, and to its lofty position in the world of music. The compositions of Handel and Bach, early in the eighteenth century, placed this sacred art form upon a pinnacle of such height and strength, that few composers have the stamina or knowledge wherewith ...

— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 • Various

... castanets. These Arion tried to replace by the more dignified Grecian lyre; but it was long before this mad dance sobered down to regular rhythm and form. From Corinth, where Arion first laboured, we pass to Sicyon, where the taming of the dithyramb into an art form was accomplished by Praxilla, a poetess who added a new charm to the lilt of this Bacchic ...

— Critical & Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University • Edward MacDowell

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