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)

• Divan Japonais via concept surface "artwork"
• Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant via concept surface "artwork"
• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima via concept surface "photograph"
• The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn via concept surface "painting"
• Isaac Blessing Jacob via concept surface "painting"
• Landscape with Obelisk via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of a Lady in a Rich Gown via concept surface "painting"
• Portrait of a Man via concept surface "painting"
• Self-portrait (Govert Flinck) via concept surface "painting"
• The Batavian Conspiracy under Claudius Civilis (commissioned project) via concept surface "commissioned artwork"
• The Old Stagecoach via concept surface "painting"
• The Pension Claim Agent via concept surface "painting"
• The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket via concept surface "painting"
• The Boy Lincoln via concept surface "painting"
• Four Continents sculptures (New York Custom House) via concept surface "public art"
• Gallaudet Memorial (Washington, D.C.) via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston) via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Statue of General William Franklin Draper (Milford, Massachusetts) via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Portrait of George VI via concept surface "painting"
• Weather Machine via concept surface "kinetic sculpture"
• Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston) via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston) via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston) via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Tortoise and Hare sculpture via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes via concept surface "High Renaissance artwork"
• Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) via concept surface "bronze statue"
• Statue of John Peter Altgeld (Chicago) via concept surface "bronze sculpture"
• The Artist’s Mother and Sister in the Dining Room via concept surface "painting"
• The Seamstress via concept surface "painting"
• The Green Interior via concept surface "painting"
• The Suitor via concept surface "painting"
• The Album via concept surface "painting"
• Public Gardens series via concept surface "painting series"
• relief of the spoils of Jerusalem via concept surface "historical artwork"
  surface form: Relief of the Spoils of Jerusalem
• Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus via concept surface "rock art site"
• Great Sphinx of Giza via concept surface "colossal sculpture"
• Rodeo (ballet) via concept surface "ballet"
• Fall River Legend via concept surface "ballet"
• The Informer (ballet) via concept surface "ballet"
• “Lonely Metropolitan” photomontage via concept surface "surreal artwork"
  surface form: Lonely Metropolitan
• Etruscan art via concept surface "ancient art"
• Cityscape with Figures via concept surface "painting"
• Harbor City at Night via concept surface "painting"
• Odysseus and Nausicaa via concept surface "painting"
• The Baptism of the Eunuch via concept surface "painting"
• Madame X via concept surface "painting"
• Madame X by John Singer Sargent via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Madame X
• Old Kentucky Home via concept surface "painting"
• Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat by Vincent van Gogh via concept surface "painting"
  surface form: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat