Art Gallery

–noun

1.	the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

2.	the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.

3.	a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.

4.	the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.

5.	any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.

6.	(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?

7.	the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling.

8.	the craft or trade using these principles or methods.

9.	skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation.

10.	a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.

11.	arts, a. (used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences. b. (used with a plural verb) liberal arts.

12.	skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.

13.	trickery; cunning: glib and devious art.

14.	studied action; artificiality in behavior.

15.	an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics.

16.	Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.

–noun, plural -ler⋅ies.

1.	a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.

2.	the uppermost of such areas in a theater, usually containing the cheapest seats.

3.	the occupants of such an area in a theater.

4.	the general public, esp. when regarded as having popular or uncultivated tastes.

5.	any group of spectators or observers, as at a golf match, a Congressional session, etc.

6.	a room, series of rooms, or building devoted to the exhibition and often the sale of works of art.

7.	a long covered area, narrow and open at one or both sides, used esp. as a walk or corridor.

8.	Chiefly South Atlantic States. a long porch or portico; veranda.

9.	a long, relatively narrow room, esp. one for public use.

10.	a corridor, esp. one having architectural importance through its scale or decorative treatment.

11.	a raised, balconylike platform or passageway running along the exterior wall of a building inside or outside.

12.	a large room or building used 2c1 for photography, target practice, or other special purposes: a shooting gallery.

13.	a collection of art for exhibition.

14.	Theater. a narrow, raised platform located beyond the acting area, used by stagehands or technicians to stand on when working.

15.	Nautical. a projecting balcony or structure on the quart 3e8 er or stern of a vessel.

16.	Furniture. an ornamental railing or cresting surrounding the top of a table, stand, desk, etc.

17.	Mining. a level or drift.

18.	a small tunnel in a dam, mine, or rock, for various purposes, as inspection or drainage.

19.	a passageway made by an animal.

20.	Fortification Obsolete. an underground or covered passage to another part of a fortified position.

—Idiom

21.	play to the gallery, to attempt to appeal to the popular taste, as opposed to a more refined or esoteric taste: Movies, though still playing mainly to the gallery, have taken their place as a significant art form.