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fine art noun phr. M18.
[from FINE adjective + ART noun1, translating French beaux-arts (pl.).]
In pl. Those arts which appeal to the intellect or the sense of beauty, as literature, music, and esp. painting, sculpture, and architecture. M18.
b. sing. Any one of these arts; transf. a thing requiring a high degree of skill, a high accomplishment. L19.
These arts collectively, esp. as constituting a branch of practice or study. M19.