artwork
artwork — noun
1. drawings, photographs, diagrams, and similar visual material that are made or ch
drawings, photographs, diagrams, and similar visual material that are made or chosen to appear alongside the text in a book, magazine, newspaper, or advertisement.
Theo spent two weeks preparing the artwork for the children's cookbook.
preparing the artwork for [publication]
The magazine pays freelance illustrators well for cover artwork.
cover artwork in publishing context
Anaya emailed the final artwork to the printer at midnight.
All artwork in this textbook was drawn by students at the local art school.
The brochure looks dull because the artwork is too small.
- illustrations
drawings only; excludes photographs
- graphics
broader; includes typography and digital design elements
- visuals
informal; covers any visual content including video
- text
the written words a publication's artwork sits beside
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable in this sense. Subject is usually a publication or a designer, and the verb is often 'prepare', 'submit', 'approve', or 'redo'.
常見錯誤
2. a single painting, sculpture, photograph, or other object made by an artist; or
a single painting, sculpture, photograph, or other object made by an artist; or such objects considered together, often the kind shown in galleries and museums.
The gallery displays over two hundred artworks by African painters.
countable plural: 'artworks'
Aunt Rosa donated her late husband's artwork to the city museum.
uncountable: artwork as a collection
Visitors are asked not to touch the artworks in the main hall.
Anaya bought a small artwork at the school fundraiser for fifty dollars.
Many of the artworks were damaged during the flood last spring.
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is the finished art object itself (often in a gallery), while sense 1 is the visual material put into a printed publication. Both countable ('an artwork', 'three artworks') and uncountable ('a lot of artwork') uses are accepted.