Work of Art?

What is a work of art? Can engineers create works of art? Or are creative works of art solely seen in performance arts?

This is the question under consideration in this post. Let us review some images.

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"Hughes H-1 Racer Replica Oshkosh 2003" by FlugKerl2 - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hughes_H-1_Racer_Replica_Oshkosh_2003.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Hughes_H-1_Racer_Replica_Oshkosh_2003.jpg

Hughes H-1 Racer

"HughesH1RacerTailTip" by 350z33 (talk) - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HughesH1RacerTailTip.JPG#mediaviewer/File:HughesH1RacerTailTip.JPG

Hughes H-1 Racer Tail

"North American F86-01". Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_American_F86-01.JPG#mediaviewer/File:North_American_F86-01.JPG

F-86

It seems that engineers don’t need to join a performance art troupe to create works of art.