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)

• La Danse (1909–1910) via concept surface "painting"
• The Red Room (Harmony in Red) via concept surface "painting"
• Woman Reading via concept surface "painting"
• The Open Window via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) via concept surface "painting"
• The Great Masturbator via concept surface "painting"
• The Elephants via concept surface "painting"
• Metamorphosis of Narcissus via concept surface "painting"
• Lobster Telephone via concept surface "surrealist artwork"
• Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening via concept surface "painting"
• Christ of Saint John of the Cross via concept surface "painting"
• Galatea of the Spheres via concept surface "painting"
• The Temptation of St. Anthony via concept surface "painting"
• Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) via concept surface "painting"
• Monument to Lafayette and Washington in Paris via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Swans Reflecting Elephants via concept surface "painting"
• The Hallucinogenic Toreador via concept surface "painting"
• The Burning Giraffe via concept surface "painting"
• Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Swan Lake
• Mona Lisa via concept surface "painting"
• Liberty Leading the People via concept surface "painting"
• Statue of Freedom via concept surface "allegorical sculpture"
• Gift of the Wind via concept surface "kinetic sculpture"
• The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: The Sleeping Beauty
• The Raft of the Medusa via concept surface "painting"
• The Coronation of Napoleon via concept surface "painting"
• Between Riverside and Crazy via concept surface "stage work"
• The Last Five Years via concept surface "stage work"
• Ancient Egyptian art via concept surface "ancient art"
• Lindisfarne Gospels via concept surface "Insular art masterpiece"
• Thomas More's History of King Richard III via concept surface "unfinished work"
• The Beggar's Opera via concept surface "stage work"
• Descent into Limbo via concept surface "installation artwork"
• Shooting into the Corner via concept surface "contemporary artwork"
• Talavera pottery via concept surface "Mexican folk art"
• Illustration art via concept surface "visual art form"
• The Problem We All Live With via concept surface "painting"
• Freedom of Speech via concept surface "painting"
• Freedom of Worship via concept surface "painting"
• Saying Grace via concept surface "painting"
• The Runaway via concept surface "painting"
• Triple Self-Portrait via concept surface "painting"
• Girl at Mirror via concept surface "painting"
• The Gossips via concept surface "painting"
• Les Demoiselles d'Avignon via concept surface "painting"
• Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity via concept surface "glass artwork"
• Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
  surface form: Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)
• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) via concept surface "photographic work"
• Autoportrait au chapeau de paille via concept surface "painting"
• Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca) via concept surface "Muisca art"
  surface form: Muisca raft