How to say "artwork" in Japanese

• 版下はんした
  nounA printing-industry term: artwork prepared as camera-ready copy or paste-up for reproduction. It is not used for art in the creative sense, so it is seldom the word you want outside printing.
• アートワーク
  nounThe katakana borrowing of 'artwork', used in much the same way, especially in design, graphics, and media settings. Choose it for artwork as visual design rather than as a work of art.
  多おおくの場合ばあい、音楽おんがくを聴きく時ときに心こころに浮うかぶ映像えいぞうはＣＤのアートワークです。↗

  In many cases, the image that comes to mind when you listen to music is that of the CD's artwork.
• 芸術作品げいじゅつさくひん
  nounA work of art in the fine-arts sense — a creative piece such as a painting or sculpture. Use it when 'artwork' means art itself, for example in museum or art-appreciation contexts.
  あのレンブラントの絵えは芸術げいじゅつ作品さくひんです。↗

  That painting by Rembrandt is a work of art.
• 芸術品げいじゅつひん
  nounAlso means 'work of art', but tends to present the piece as an object — something owned, displayed, bought, or sold — rather than as the product of creative activity.
  これを私わたしたちは芸術品げいじゅつひんと呼よぶ。↗

  This we can call a work of art.

For artwork as a creative work of art choose 芸術作品 or 芸術品; 「アートワーク」 is the direct borrowing, especially in design and media contexts; 版下 is printing jargon for camera-ready paste-up artwork.

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• 版下はんしたartwork
• アートワークartwork
• 芸術作品げいじゅつさくひんwork of art
• 芸術品げいじゅつひんwork of art