Artistry is great skill in a creative art. Sheer artistry, the artistry of the piece, admire her artistry.
It praises craft rather than inspiration — artistry is what you notice on the second viewing, when you see how something was done. It is used of performers, cooks and craftsmen as readily as of painters. Note artist, and the -ry ending which makes a body of skill, as in chemistry and carpentry.
1nounartistryGreat skill in a creative art.
“The artistry of the old wood carvings amazed everyone who saw them.”
artistry is a skill.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂er-
French
artiste
English
artist
English, today
artistry
Built from
From artist + -ry. artist comes from French artiste. From French artiste, from Latin artista, from ars (“art”). a doublet of artiste. Displaced native cræftiga. by surface analysis, art + -ist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA