artistry

/ˈɑrdəstri/

/ˈɑtɪstri/

Other forms: artistries

Artistry is a particular skill or a flair for something, especially an artistic pursuit. You might love watching ice skating competitions for the sheer artistry of the figure skaters.

You can take piano lessons for years and learn how to play many pieces but still not quite achieve the artistry of a truly gifted pianist. It takes practice to gain artistry, but it also takes a kind of creative spark. The word artistry first appeared in the 1830s from artist, modeled after words such as chemistry, from chemist. The root is the Latin word ars, or "art."

Definitions of artistry

1. noun

   a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
   synonyms: art, prowess

   types:

   airmanship, aviation

   the art of operating aircraft

   eristic

   the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

   falconry

   the art of training falcons to hunt and return

   fortification

   the art or science of strengthening defenses

   homiletics

   the art of preaching

   horology

   the art of designing and making clocks

   minstrelsy

   the art of a minstrel

   musicianship

   artistry in performing music

   enology, oenology

   the art of wine making

   puppetry

   the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

   taxidermy

   the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance

   telescopy

   the art of making and using telescopes

   ventriloquism, ventriloquy

   the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)

   type of:

   superior skill

   more than ordinary ability