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Art form

noun

(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture).

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... the newer culture—a sorrow which is now throbbing in the hearts of all peoples. For national memories lie deeper in the human breast than is generally thought." But whatever rank may be ultimately assigned to the historical novel as an art form, Continental critics are at one with the British in crediting its invention to Scott. "It is an error," says Heine, "not to recognise Walter Scott as the founder of the so-called historical romance, and to endeavour to trace it to German imitation." ...

— A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century • Henry A. Beers

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Words linked to "Art form" : sort, sonata form, style of architecture, type of architecture, architecture, form, architectural style, kind, variety