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Antiquity
18. Antiquity See also 190. GREECE and GREEKS ; 207. HISTORY . antediluvian a person who lived before the Flood. Read more |
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antique
antique The term has been used collectively to designate classical Greek and Roman works of art, particularly sculptures; as an adjective to indicate an object, a period, or a style of ancient or early times; and as a noun, for objects of art, furniture, rugs, pottery, metalwork, costumes,... Read more |
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Antiques
Andre Pierre 1915– Artist At a Glance… Sources Andre Pierre is one of Haiti Read more |
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antique collecting
antique collecting the assembling of items of aesthetic, historical, and often monetary value from earlier eras. The term antique initially referred only to the preclassical and classical cultures of the ancient world. It is now applied to old artifacts of all cultures. Legally and traditionally,... Read more |
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Antiquities Act
Antiquities act of 1906 Robert H. McLaughlin Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, the Antiquities Act of 1906 (P.L. 59-209, 34 Stat. 225) became the first major federal legislation to govern archaeology in the United States. The act prohibits the removal of antiquities from federal lands... Read more |
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Joseph Bingham
Joseph Bingham 1668-1723, English theologian. He is known for his learned work on Christian antiquities (10 vol., 1708-22).... Read more |
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staircase
staircase. 1. Structure enclosing a stair, also called the staircase-shell, or well. 2. Stair with balustrade. 3. Whole stair with supporting framework, balusters, etc.Grand staircases with architectural pretensions are of considerable antiquity and were known in ancient Crete and Mesopotamia. In... Read more |
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Pirro Ligorio
Ligorio, Pirro (c.1513–1583). Italian architect, archaeologist, librarian, and painter, he settled in Rome in 1534 after which he explored and recorded antiquities and remains, and began to collect material for his huge encylopedias of Classical artefacts. He brought out a volume on Roman... Read more |
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni , 1778-1823, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer. He lived (1803-12) in England and there invented a hydraulic machine, which he attempted to introduce into Egypt in 1815. He subsequently became involved in securing Egyptian antiquities in order to sell them to... Read more |
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Sir William Dugdale
Sir William Dugdale 1605-86, English antiquarian. His chief works are Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656), The Baronage of England (1675-76), and the greater part of Monasticon Anglicanum (3 vol., 1655-73). The Dugdale Society, founded in 1920, publishes historical manuscripts.... Read more |
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Hearst, William Randolph
...Syndicate. But he spent more than he earned, collecting art and antiques; promoting the film career of his mistress Marion Davies...1937 he was forced to sell some of his newspapers and art and antiques, and to relinquish financial control of his publications... |
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Scots Musical Museum, The
Scots Musical Museum, The (1787–1803), edited by James Johnson, an important collection of songs with music, some genuinely antique, some fake antique, and some new. Burns made many notable contributions to the later volumes. |
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art schools
...based on copying engravings of the old masters and casts of the antique. The society was in receipt of state funding and managed the schools...1829 Irish fine art education took place principally in the antique and life schools of the Royal Hibernian Academy. These schools... |
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Anglo-Saxon art and architecture
...Christian conversion brought with it both new media for Anglo-Saxon artists, such as books and stone carving, and an alien Late Antique aesthetic from the Mediterranean world. 7th- and 8th-cent. artists developed a fascinating range of responses to these... |
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Claude Lorrain
...influential ideal landscapist. After settling in Rome (1627), he developed a style that combined poetic idealism inspired by antique models and his own observations. His mature style evolved between 1640 and 1660, when he explored the natural play of light... |
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tinkers
...tinkers, is better classified as a cant or argot, composed mainly of distorted versions of Irish words and not necessarily of antique origin. Nineteenth‐century tinkers combined the manufacture and repair of tin implements with chimney sweeping, peddling... |
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array, commissions of
...revived them, issuing the first in May 1642 to some Lancashire gentry. Clarendon thought it had been a mistake to resort to antique procedures, ‘a thing they had not before heard of’, and they were at once declared unlawful by Parliament. J. A... |
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Benson, Sir Frank Robert
...plays with the exception of Titus Andronicus and Troilus and Cressida. He was a capable actor, with handsome aquiline features and much of the air of an ‘antique Roman’. He is the only actor to be knighted actually in a theatre. |
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Canova, Antonio
Canova, Antonio (1757–1822) Italian sculptor. His work expresses the grave elegance and allusions to antique art which characterize neo-classicism, but retains a high degree of individuality. Two important pieces of the 1780s, Theseus... |
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Greenwich Theatre
...became the Greenwich Hippodrome in 1911, and was successively a variety theatre, a cinema, a repertory theatre, and an antiques store. By 1962 it was derelict and was acquired by the council for demolition, but it was saved by a group of enthusiasts... |
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antique
...outdated: trade unions defending antique work practices. ∎ often humorous...signs of great age or wear: an antique divorcee in reduced circumstances...make (something) resemble an antique by artificial means: an antiqued...antiquing) shop in stores where ... |
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verd-antique
verd-antique variety of green serpentine marble. XVIII. — F. †verd antique (now vert a.) antique green. |
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Six Épigraphes Antiques
Six Épigraphes Antiques (6 Ancient Inscriptions). Set of pf. duets by Debussy, comp. 1914. 1. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été (To invoke... |
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antiquarian
...an·ti·quar·i·an / ˌantiˈkwe(ə)rēən/ • adj. relating to or dealing in antiques or rare books. ∎ valuable because rare or old: antiquarian books. • n. a person who studies or collects antiques or antiquities. DERIVATIVES: an·ti·quar·i·an·ism / -ˌnizəm... |
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antic
antic (arch.) grotesque, fantastic; sb. †fantastic or grotesque figure, clown; ludicrous gesture or posture XVI. — It. antico ANTIQUE, used as synon. with grottesco GROTESQUE. |
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BADA
BADA British Antique Dealers' Association |
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bespeak
bespeak •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak... |
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boutique
boutique •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak... |
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cluster
...clusters of creamy-white flowers. ∎ a group of people or similar objects positioned or occurring close together: a cluster of antique shops. ∎ Astron. a group of stars or galaxies forming a relatively close association. ∎ Linguistics (also consonant cluster... |
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flintlock
flint·lock / ˈflintˌläk/ • n. 1. an old-fashioned type of gun fired by a spark from a flint. 2. [usu. as adj.] the lock on such a gun: an antique flintlock pistol. |
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antique
antique • adjective 1. antique furnituresynonyms: antiquarian, old, vintage. 2. antique customssynonyms: age-old, timeworn, early, earliest, prehistoric, primeval, primordial. 3. antique attitudessynonym: old-fashioned.See antiquated. |
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borderline
borderline • noun the borderline between old and antique synonyms: dividing line, divide, division, demarcation line, line, cutoff point; threshold, margin, border, boundary... |
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impose
...inf. saddle with. 2. impose her views on the groupsynonyms: force, foist, inflict, thrust, obtrude. 3. impose fake antiques on the publicsynonyms: palm off, foist, pass off.phrases: impose on not wishing to impose on your good naturesynonyms... |
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medieval
...the Middle/Dark Ages, Middle-Age, Dark-Age, Gothic. 2. his attitude is medievalsynonyms: antiquated, archaic, antique, obsolete, antediluvian, primitive, outmoded, outdated, old-fashioned, passé, unenlightened; inf. out of the ark... |
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old
...down; informal tatty.antonyms: new, fashionable. 4. a collector of old cars the city's old architecturesynonyms: antique, historic, vintage, classic; veteran.antonyms: new, modern. 5. she's old for her years synonyms: mature, wise... |
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pottery
pottery • noun a collection of antique potterysynonyms: china, crockery, ceramics, earthenware, stoneware. |
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relic
relic • noun 1. a Viking relic synonyms: artifact, historical object, ancient object, antiquity, antique. 2. a saint's relics synonyms: remains, corpse, bones, Medicine cadaver. |
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vase
vase • noun a decorative antique vasesynonyms: vessel, urn, amphora, jar. |
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antiquated
...outdated, out of date, outmoded, outworn, old, stale, behind the times, old-fashioned, anachronistic, old-fangled, antique, antediluvian, passé, démodé, obsolete; informal out of the ark, moldy, horse-and-buggy.See note at old.antonyms... |
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archaic
archaic • adjective synonyms: old, obsolete, out of date, old-fashioned, outmoded, bygone, passé, antiquated, antique; inf. old hat.antonyms: new; modern; up-to-date. |
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Antiques. (product index).(Buyers Guide)(Illustration)
...Safari Liza Hyde Antique Japanese Screens...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 161...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 161 Tomalex Woods Ltd. antique folk art Earle...Moheban & Son Antique Carpets Agostino Antiques Ltd. ... |
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Antiques. (product index).(list of companies featured in this issue)
...Inc. Liza Hyde Antique Japanese Screens...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 138...Ltd. Warisan Antique Firearms Artnet...Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, p. 138...Moheban & Son Antique Carpets Agostino Antiques Ltd. Al ... |
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Antique City: a treasure trove of collectibles
...is a big collector of antiques. When the antique city was completed in 1997, his enthusiasm for antiques made him give up an enviable...areas." Consulting an antique almanac, Cheng said many costly antiques were sold to Western... |
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Antique stores dominate business in Gladewater, Texas.
...the Gladewater Antique Mall from Ms...said that before antiques came to Gladewater...their shop, B&B Antiques, in 1993, the antique business was thriving...owns Red Rooster Antiques, said if you...hard at it, the antique ... |
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Antique Dealers a Thing of the Past?; Leesburg Merchants Say Prospect of...
...napkins to sell at her antiques linen booth at the Leesburg Antique Emporium. She...purchases displace three antique stores: Preston's Antiques Unlimited at 1 W...have a town of only antique shops." Fletcher said the ... |
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Antique Shops Spur Economic Growth in Downtown Gilroy, Calif. (Originated...
...years. He and other antique dealers claim downtown...thrive. Though antiques may draw more shoppers...to the downtown-antiques link has been new...attended the wine and antique fair a few months...Downtown's newest antique shop owner, ... |
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ANTIQUE SHOW, SALE TO BENEFIT MULVANE ART MUSEUM PROGRAMS
...Mulvane Art Museum office, B&J Antique Mall, Brickhouse Antiques, Ferrand's/The Secret...Haviland Elizabeth Johnson Antiques, Kansas City, Mo., Antique smalls, quilts, furniture Longago Antiques (Larry and Anita Long... |
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Antique Store to Close in Jacksonville, Fla.
...owner of Orange Tree Antiques in Avondale. "Anyone who wants to buy antique furniture in Jacksonville...they even set up an antiques mall. Either Jack...personally selected each antique, usually on a trip...been the normal antique shop," ... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Antique vendors pleased with location: 'Antiques On The Avenue' opens
...name in Nitro.Antiques On The Avenue...South Charleston Antique Mall, opened in...Vanover, manager of Antiques On The Avenue. Vanover also managed the antique mall, which had...With the arrival of Antiques On The Avenue, there are now five ... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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Antiques paradise/ Hunt for 'that something special' easier in area malls
...Springs has eight antiques malls, each with...ranging from classic antique furniture to contemporary...European furniture, or antique toys, or linens...of Nevada Avenue Antiques. "It's just...Collectibles, some antiques and a lot of ... |
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