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)

• Scenes of Clerical Life via concept surface "work of fiction"
• A Good Man Is Hard to Find via concept surface "work of fiction"
• Self-Portrait with Two Circles via concept surface "painting"
• The Merry Wives of Windsor via concept surface "stage work"
• Tiffany glass dome via concept surface "architectural artwork"
• Starry Night Over the Rhône
• Whistler's Mother via concept surface "painting"
• Statue of Three Lies via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Trial of the Seventeen via concept surface "work of fiction"
• Chikankari embroidery via concept surface "textile art"
• Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe via concept surface "painting"
• Timurid miniature painting via concept surface "Islamic art"
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue via concept surface "ballet"
• Amber Room via concept surface "lost artwork"
• The Calling of Saint Matthew via concept surface "painting"
• The Conversion of Saint Paul via concept surface "painting"
• The Crucifixion of Saint Peter via concept surface "painting"
• Judith Beheading Holofernes via concept surface "painting"
• Supper at Emmaus via concept surface "painting"
• Boy with a Basket of Fruit via concept surface "painting"
• David with the Head of Goliath via concept surface "painting"
• The Persistence of Memory via concept surface "painting"
• Broadway Boogie Woogie via concept surface "painting"
• The Taking of Christ via concept surface "painting"
• The Seven Works of Mercy via concept surface "painting"
• Bharatanatyam via concept surface "performing art"
• Vitruvian Man via concept surface "Renaissance artwork"
• Death of the Virgin via concept surface "painting"
• The Little Mermaid statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Saskia as Flora via concept surface "painting"
• Rembrandt and Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh (c. 1633) via concept surface "painting"
• Saskia with a Red Flower via concept surface "painting"
• “Diamonds” via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Diamonds
• “Chaconne” via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Chaconne
• “Scotch Symphony” via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Scotch Symphony
• “Don Quixote” (Balanchine version) via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Don Quixote (Balanchine)
• The Basket of Apples via concept surface "painting"
• The Bathers via concept surface "painting series"
• The Night Café via concept surface "painting"
• A Burial at Ornans via concept surface "painting"
• The Origin of the World via concept surface "painting"
• The Desperate Man via concept surface "painting"
• Young Ladies of the Village via concept surface "painting"
• The Sleepers via concept surface "painting"
• The Wave via concept surface "painting"
• Tom and Huck Statue via concept surface "bronze statue"
• The Winds of Winter (unpublished novel by George R. R. Martin) via concept surface "work of fiction"
  surface form: The Winds of Winter
• The Yellow Christ via concept surface "painting"
• The Stone Breakers via concept surface "painting"