- connected with art or artists
- the artistic works of the period
- a work of great artistic merit
- an artistic temperament (= behaviour thought to be typical of artists, musicians, etc.)
- Love is a time-honoured subject of literary and artistic expression.
- showing a natural skill or pleasure in art, especially being able to paint or draw well
- artistic abilities/achievements/skills/talent
- She comes from a very artistic family.
- done with skill and imagination; attractive or beautiful
- an artistic arrangement of dried flowers
- The decor inside the house was very artistic.
Idioms
See artistic in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee artistic in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishartistic/poetic licence
- the freedom of artists or writers to change facts in order to make a story, painting, etc. more interesting or beautifulTopics Literature and writingc2
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