high art
Example Sentences
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He pushes back on my suggestion that he's smuggling high art in the form of Homer's story through the medium of a superhero movie.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But only the men who happen to pull on the jersey of the national soccer team have proven themselves capable of turning tragedy from high art into national humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Only they have proven themselves capable of turning tragedy from high art into national humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
But this is a minor quibble for a film that, like the “Nebraska” album itself, rightly dares to elevate the making of a solo acoustic record into high art.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
Like most Bengalis, my parents had elevated repression and denial to a high art form, but even so, questions about this particular history were unavoidable.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
