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artistic licence en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by an artist to achieve a desired effect.
   • The script takes a little artistic licence with the facts.
   • Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […] 2017, Allison Sherman, Artistic Practices and Cultural Transfer in Early Modern Italy: Essays in Honour of Deborah Howard, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

poetic licence

Translations (12)

es licencia artística (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · ro licență artistică (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · nb kunstnerisk frihet (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · cmn 藝術加工 /艺术加工 (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · sv konstnärlig frihet (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · da kunstnerisk frihed (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · fr licence artistique (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · it licenza poetica (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · pt licença artística (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · de künstlerische Freiheit (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · fi taiteellinen vapaus (any departure from fact or convention by an artist) · ka ლიცენცია (any departure from fact or convention by an artist)