Fartistic License 

When the result of a potentially objectionable wind break is justified on artistic grounds.

"JOHN, you farted during the wedding!!!"

"I claim fartistic license. Those people were being way too serious about everything."

Fartistic License by backotruck November 2, 2011

Fartistic Licence 

The art of creatively reshaping the true facts concerning a past release of Carbon Dibaxide

"Mr Darcy, I find it most difficult to credit your assertion that Miss bennet was responsible for the beefy eggo that cleared the dance floor not five minutes ago.. For one thin, the miasma concerned was distinctly reminiscent of the casserole I observed you yourself consuming last night, whereas I have it on good authority that Miss Bennet is a vegetarian. If that was Fartistic Licence, Darcy, then it was dashed bad form."

Fartistic Licence by bromp February 18, 2010

artistic license 

See poetic license.

They really are the same thing.

artistic license by Kenthar April 1, 2004

artistic license 

Any choice made in the production of anything the artist calls art.

"So I took a bit of artistic license, okay? It's called "Queen Kong Lear", about an apewoman who feels unloved by her sons. If Shakespeare were alive today he'd totally love it."

artistic license by Monkey's Dad March 10, 2020

artistic licence 

a distortion or complete ignorance of the facts; a lie

describes the freedoms artists (or writers, film makers, etc) take with the facts in the process of creating; disregarding facts for the sake of the art

When a book is made into a movie and parts are left out or changes are made -- the film makers are using artistic licence

The movie Titanic - the sinking of the Titanic is a real event in history but the characters in the movie are fictional. The writer took a real event and used artistic licence to create a story.

artistic licence by wikidbchofthewst October 24, 2006