artista

Definitions of artista
  1. noun
    a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
    Michelangelo
    Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
    Richard Wagner
    German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
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    vignettista
    an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
    classicista
    an artistic person who adheres to classicism
    disegnatore, traente
    an artist skilled at drawing
    acquafortista
    someone who etches
    maestro, virtuoso
    an artist of consummate skill
    musicante
    artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
    pittore
    an artist who paints
    preraffaellita
    a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
    grafico
    an artist who designs and makes prints
    scultore
    an artist who creates sculptures
    astrattista
    a painter of abstract pictures
    cameraman, cameramen, cinematografaro
    a photographer who operates a movie camera
    animatore, cartonista, vignettista
    a person who draws cartoons
    colorista
    a painter able to achieve special effects with color
    arrangiatore, compositore, musicista, operista
    someone who composes music as a profession
    cubista
    an artist who adheres to the principles of cubism
    cesellatore, intagliatore
    a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
    impressionista
    a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism
    paesaggista, paesista
    someone who paints landscapes
    litografo
    a printmaker who uses lithography
    miniaturista
    someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
    fotocronista, fotoreporter
    a photographer who works for a newspaper
    acquarellista, acquerellista
    a painter who paints with watercolors
    type of:
    artefice, autore, creatore
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
  2. noun
    an artist of consummate skill
    synonyms: maestro, virtuoso
  3. noun
    a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
    synonyms: conoscitore, esperto, intenditore, maestro, perito, specialista, tecnico, virtuoso
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    Bertrand Arthur William Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
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    mago, stelletta
    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
    agronomo
    an expert in soil management and field-crop production
    analista, analizzatore
    an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
    anatomico, anatomista
    an expert in anatomy
    antiquario
    an expert or collector of antiquities
    arbitro
    someone with the power to settle matters at will
    arciere, prodiere
    a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
    geografo
    an expert on geography
    giureconsulto, giurisperito, giurista
    a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
    logico, logista
    a person skilled at symbolic logic
    mitografo, mitologista, mitologo
    an expert on mythology
    sparatore, tiratore
    a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
    genio, talento
    a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
    guaritore, medico, terapista
    a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
    veterano
    an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
    advisor, consigliere, consulente, consulente fiscale, consulente tributario, fiscalista
    an expert who gives advice
    canonista
    a specialist in canon law
    cartografo
    a person who makes maps
    conoscitore, intenditore
    an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
    dialettico
    a logician skilled in dialectic
    alimentarista, dietista
    a specialist in the study of nutrition
    educatore, pedagogista
    a specialist in the theory of education
    giudice
    an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
    controllore
    an investigator who observes carefully
    giardiniere
    someone who takes care of a garden
    grafologo
    a specialist in inferring character from handwriting
    arredatore, decoratore
    a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings
    maestro, professionista
    an authority qualified to teach apprentices
    meteorologo
    a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
    muftì
    a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law
    optometrista
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
    orientalista
    a specialist in oriental subjects
    psicoterapeuta, psicoterapista
    a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
    logopedista
    a therapist who treats speech defects and disorders
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
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