10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBJECT OF VIRTU»
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1
The Oxford Dictionary
of Art
The most famous of all Surrealist objects is probably Meret *Oppenheim's Cup,
Saucer and Spoon in Fur (MoMA, New York, 1936), also known simply as Object.
object of virtu (or objet de vertu). See virtu. objet trouve ́ (French: 'found object').
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary
of Art Terms
It is hardly used now, except in the phrase 'object of virtu', meaning a curio.
virtuoso Originally denoted someone who was learned in the arts or sciences. It
was also applied to those skilled in distinguishing copies of antiquities from the ...
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Chamber's repository
of instructive and amusing tracts
... as state reception-rooms for the king and queen. The only valuable object of
virtu shewn to strangers, is a magnificent vase of green jasper, five feet in height,
which was presented by the emperor of Russia to his majesty, and is intended ...
4
Travels and Sketches
of Scenery from Chambers's Repository ...
... chiefly adapted as state reception-rooms for the king and queen. The only
valuable object of virtu shewn to strangers, is a magnificent vase of green jasper,
five feet in height, which was presented by the emperor of Russia to his majesty,
and ...
5
Chambers's Repository
of Instructive and Amusing Tracts
... chiefly adapted as state reception-rooms for the king and queen. The only
valuable object of virtu shewn to strangers, is a magnificent vase of green jasper,
five feet in height, which was presented by the emperor of Russia to his majesty,
...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1854
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Oxford Thesaurus
of English
noun trinket, knick-knack, bibelot, ornament, bauble, gimcrack, gewgaw; antique,
collector's item, object of virtu, rarity, curiosity; French objet, objet d'art; N.Amer.
kickshaw; informal whatnot, dingle-dangle; Brit. informal doodah, doobry; ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
no object orig, not considered of importance, not the thing aimed at, esp in money
no object; not constituting an obstacle or problem, as in distance, expense, etc no
object; object of virtu an article valued for its antiquity or as an example of ...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
There is no institution in London,' says Mrs Jameson * in her description of this
place, ' in which a few hours may be more pleasantly whiled away, or even more
profitably employed, than in this fairy object of virtu, where the infinite variety of ...
Robert Chambers, William Chambers, 1845
9
Nature and art [ed. by F.B. Ward].
This case is divided into seven compartments, each of which holds one
celebrated object of virtu. First there is the famous cameo of the Sainte Chapelle,
as it is called, a sardonyx eleven or twelve inches in diameter in each direction,
and ...
Francis Beckford Ward, 1866
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Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to ...
As Canby anticipates, the vain Evylyn places the object of virtu in her dining room
, where it, along with her "marvelous china," impresses status-conscious visitors
like Mrs. Roger Fairboalt, who realizes that such a "huge cut-glass bowl" had ...
Regina Lee Blaszczyk, 2002
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