work of art

A work of art is a deliberately created object, performance, or experience intended to express ideas or emotions and to be perceived and interpreted aesthetically.

Observed surface forms (101)

• painting ×312
• bronze sculpture ×28
• stage work ×21
• genre painting ×19
• ballet ×18
• bronze statue ×17
• painting series ×16
• work of fiction ×14
• Renaissance painting ×12
• artwork ×11

• surrealist painting ×11
• public art ×10
• self-portrait ×10
• Neoclassical painting ×9
• Dutch Golden Age painting ×7
• abstract painting ×6
• portrait painting ×6
• High Renaissance artwork ×5
• artwork series ×5
• performing art ×5
• allegorical sculpture ×4
• kinetic sculpture ×4
• musical theatre work ×4
• unfinished work ×4
• visual art ×4
• Baroque artwork ×3
• contemporary artwork ×3
• mural ×3
• photograph ×3
• religious artwork ×3
• sculpture series ×3
• Art Deco sculpture ×2
• Islamic art ×2
• Pop art work ×2
• Renaissance artwork ×2
• Romantic-era artwork ×2
• altarpiece ×2
• ancient art ×2
• black-and-white photograph ×2
• conceptual artwork ×2
• decorative art object ×2
• installation artwork ×2
• interactive artwork ×2
• mixed-media artwork ×2
• pop art artwork ×2
• sculptural ensemble ×2
• textile art ×2
• traditional performing art ×2
• visual art form ×2
• Impressionist artwork ×1
• Insular art masterpiece ×1
• Mexican folk art ×1
• Mughal artifact ×1
• Muisca art ×1
• Neoclassical artwork ×1
• Pop Art artwork ×1
• Post‑Impressionist artwork ×1
• Qing dynasty artwork ×1
• Realist artwork ×1
• Renaissance sculpture ×1
• Yoruba art ×1
• aesthetic treatise ×1
• applied art ×1
• architectural artwork ×1
• art project ×1
• artist's book ×1
• artistic motif ×1
• artwork cycle ×1
• avant-garde artwork ×1
• choreographic work ×1
• colossal sculpture ×1
• commercial art ×1
• commissioned artwork ×1
• contemporary art ×1
• creative work ×1
• documentary art project ×1
• gilded sculpture ×1
• glass artwork ×1
• historical artwork ×1
• iconic artwork ×1
• indigenous art ×1
• kinetic art ×1
• land art work ×1
• lost artwork ×1
• modern art work ×1
• narrative art ×1
• painting by Francisco Goya ×1
• pastel artwork ×1
• photographic work ×1
• pictorial subject ×1
• readymade artwork ×1
• rock art site ×1
• series of tapestries ×1
• still life ×1
• still life painting series ×1
• stolen artwork ×1
• subject in Christian art ×1
• surreal artwork ×1
• surrealist artwork ×1
• traditional art ×1
• woven artworks ×1

Instances (533)

• Girl with a Pearl Earring via concept surface "Dutch Golden Age painting"
• The Milkmaid via concept surface "painting"
• The Art of Painting via concept surface "painting"
• Woman in Blue Reading a Letter via concept surface "painting"
• Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window via concept surface "painting"
• Officer and Laughing Girl via concept surface "painting"
• The Geographer via concept surface "painting"
• The Music Lesson via concept surface "painting"
• A Lady Writing a Letter via concept surface "painting"
• The Concert via concept surface "painting"
• Prometheus statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Portrait of John Quincy Adams Ward via concept surface "painting"
• Atlas statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• John Harvard statue via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Arabic calligraphy via concept surface "visual art"
• View of Delft via concept surface "painting"
• The Lacemaker via concept surface "painting"
• Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect via concept surface "unfinished work"
• Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? via concept surface "painting"
• Mont Sainte-Victoire series via concept surface "painting series"
• The Card Players via concept surface "painting series"
• The Oath of the Horatii via concept surface "Neoclassical painting"
• The Death of Marat via concept surface "painting"
• Napoleon Crossing the Alps via concept surface "painting"
• Leonidas at Thermopylae via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his Wife via concept surface "painting"
• The Distribution of the Eagle Standards via concept surface "painting"
• peacock throne via concept surface "Mughal artifact"
  surface form: Peacock Throne
• The Little Street via concept surface "painting"
• Joe Rosenthal via concept surface "photograph"
  surface form: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• The Hatch Family via concept surface "painting"
• Allow Me statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
  surface form: Allow Me
• The Minute Man statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
  surface form: The Minute Man
• The Yellow House via concept surface "painting"
• The Intervention of the Sabine Women via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of Madame Récamier via concept surface "painting"
• Mars Being Disarmed by Venus via concept surface "painting"
• Rocky statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Negro Life at the South via concept surface "painting"
• Vision After the Sermon via concept surface "painting"
• Emanuel Leutze via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (painting)
• A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves via concept surface "painting"
• The Bedroom via concept surface "painting"
• Chair of Saint Peter via concept surface "sculptural ensemble"
• Michelangelo's Pietà via concept surface "Renaissance sculpture"
• Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini via concept surface "Baroque artwork"
  surface form: Cathedra Petri
• Francis Scott Key Monument in Baltimore via concept surface "public art"
  surface form: Francis Scott Key Monument (Baltimore)
• The Heart of the Andes via concept surface "painting"
• Rainy Season in the Tropics via concept surface "painting"
• Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives via concept surface "painting"