artistic

adjective

ar·​tis·​tic är-ˈti-stik 

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of art or artists

artistic subjects

an artistic success

2

: showing imaginative skill in arrangement or execution

artistic photography

artistically

är-ˈti-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Synonyms

• cultural

Examples of artistic in a Sentence

a work of artistic value

He shows real artistic talent.

Both of my children are very artistic.

Recent Examples on the Web

So part of your decisions are based on that, and part of them are just artistic. —Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025

For example, the master bedroom features an artistic skylight developed with historic Florentine master glassmakers Polloni and a painting representing the three Parches weaving the thread of life. —Sandra Salibian, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025

Visitors will be treated to a collection of global modern and contemporary art from circa 1960 onward, assembled from scratch and in a range of artistic media, with a focus on works from West Asia, North Africa and South Asia. —Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025

Movies are the great compensatory art, the creative redemption for people who are novelists, poets, musicians, playwrights, painters, photographers, or even philosophers at heart but not in practice—or those who have artistic souls but no preferred art form at all. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

in part from artist + -ic entry 1, in part from art entry 1 + -istic

First Known Use

circa 1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

artistic

adjective

ar·​tis·​tic är-ˈtis-tik 

1

: relating to or characteristic of art or artists

2

: showing skill and imagination

artistically

-ˈtis-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb