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)

• A Clash of Kings via concept surface "work of fiction"
• The Scream via concept surface "painting"
• Blue Horse I via concept surface "painting"
• Self-Portrait with Physalis via concept surface "painting"
• Breton Women in the Meadow via concept surface "painting"
• The Painter's Studio via concept surface "painting"
• Street, Berlin via concept surface "painting"
• Bathsheba at Her Bath via concept surface "painting"
• Woman Bathing in a Stream via concept surface "painting"
• Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by Jackson Pollock via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952)
• The Aboriginal Memorial via concept surface "artwork"
• Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly series works via concept surface "painting series"
• Papunya Tula paintings via concept surface "contemporary art"
• Tahitian Women on the Beach via concept surface "painting"
• Nevermore via concept surface "painting"
• The Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) via concept surface "painting"
• The Night via concept surface "painting"
• Avenue de Clichy, Five O’Clock in the Evening via concept surface "painting"
• Medusa via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)
• Spirit of the Dead Watching via concept surface "painting"
• The Tempest via concept surface "stage work"
• Touchdown Jesus mural via concept surface "mural"
• Self-Portrait with Portrait of Paul Gauguin via concept surface "painting"
• La Rénovation esthétique via concept surface "aesthetic treatise"
• Ramesses II with royal family via concept surface "artistic motif"
• Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour via concept surface "painting"
• Athena Parthenos
• Hedda Gabler via concept surface "stage work"
• Portrait of Elisabeth Bas via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait) c. 1653 via concept surface "painting"
• Venus and Adonis via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Venus and Adonis (Ferdinand Bol)
• Artemisia via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Artemisia (painting by Ferdinand Bol)
• The Four Regents of the Leprozenhuis in Amsterdam via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of the Trip Family via concept surface "painting"
• Les Pèlerins d’Emmaüs via concept surface "painting"
• La Moisson via concept surface "painting"
• Le Pardon de Pont-Aven via concept surface "painting"
• Earth Shard via concept surface "artwork"
• Porter Square via concept surface "kinetic sculpture"
  surface form: Gift of the Wind
• Olympia via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Olympia (painting)
• La Distribution des Aigles via concept surface "painting"
• George Washington statue via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
  surface form: George Washington statue (Cambridge Common)
• Fountain by Marcel Duchamp via concept surface "readymade artwork"
  surface form: Fountain
• Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp via concept surface "artwork"
  surface form: Large Glass
• The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• “La Valse” via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: La Valse
• “Concerto Barocco” via concept surface "ballet"
  surface form: Concerto Barocco
• Luo Ping’s Ghost Amusement via concept surface "painting"
• Alexander Calder’s The Eagle (at Olympic Sculpture Park) via concept surface "public art"
  surface form: The Eagle (Olympic Sculpture Park)
• Annie via concept surface "musical theatre work"