When you are adept at something, you are very good, skillful, or talented at it.
Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.
The word aesthetic is used to talk about art, beauty, the study of beauty, and the appreciation of beautiful things.
If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.
A deft movement or action is made quickly and with skill.
A dilettante is someone who frequently pursues an interest in a subject; nevertheless, they never spend the time and effort to study it thoroughly enough to master it.
If you describe something as pedestrian, you think that it is ordinary and not interesting.
Something prosaic is dull, boring, and ordinary.
A trite remark or idea is so overused that it is no longer interesting or novel.
If someone is unlettered, they are illiterate, unable to read and write.
Something vapid is dull, boring, and/or tiresome.
A virtuoso is someone who is very skillful at something, especially playing a musical instrument.
Noun
calligraphy
kuh-LIG-ruh-fee
Context
Well-done calligraphy, or written and painted letters, is beautiful. The words and symbols of calligraphy can be visually attractive, but only if they are done by a skillful handwriting artist. A special pen or brush is used to achieve the beautiful effects of calligraphy. I think that I’m going to try my own skill at calligraphy so that I can write my name in an attractive and artistic way, which may take some time!
Quiz:Try again!
What are things you need for calligraphy?
Calli's Graphs are Beautiful Although most people wouldn't call hand-drawn mathematical graphs beautiful, Calli does hers so precisely and accurately that her impressed math teacher says Calli's graphs could be considered calligraphy because they are the best he's ever seen.
Examples
To the Western mind, writing is merely a method of verbal communication, and calligraphy is a footnote to art. But in the Muslim world, where there is no tradition of portraiture or sculpture, calligraphy is primordial, characteristic, and sacred—arguably the alpha if not also the omega of Islamic art.
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Christian Science Monitor
They present the books of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, through calligraphy and illumination, a technique used to embellish the work with luminous colors, especially gold and silver.
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USA Today
It's not at all surprising that Oriental calligraphy, an art of expressive gesture, has become increasingly valued by 19th- and 20th-century Western painters.
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The New York Times
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