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Salon
Salon. France's state art exhibition, first held in 1667 and originally limited to members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (see Academy). The name derives from the fact that from 1737 the exhibitions were held in the Salon Carré in the Louvre (various other venues had previously been used). For many years their frequency was irregular (though with stretches when they were held annually or biennially); from the 1830s they were mainly annual. The jury system of selection was introduced in 1748. As these were the only public exhibitions in Paris, conservative academic art gained a stranglehold on publicity; dissatisfaction with this situation led to the Salon des Refusés in 1863. In 1881 the École des Beaux-Arts relinquished control of the Salon and a group of artists organized the Société des Artistes Français to take responsibility for the show with a jury elected from each previous year's exhibitors. It still remained hostile to avant-garde art, and from this time a number of competing exhibitions were established, undermining what prestige the Salon still retained. The Salon des Indépendants, for example, appeared in 1884, and the Salon d'Automne in 1903.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Salon.html IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-Salon.html |
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Salon
Salon. France's official art exhibition, first held in 1667 and originally limited to members of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (see academy). The name derives from the fact that from 1737 the exhibitions were held in the Salon Carré in the Louvre (various other venues had previously been used). For many years their frequency was irregular (though with stretches when they were held annually or biennially); from 1831 they were mainly annual. The jury system of selection was introduced in 1748. As these were the only public exhibitions in Paris, conservative academic art gained a stranglehold on publicity; dissatisfaction with this situation led to the Salon des Refusés in 1863. In 1881 the École des Beaux-Arts relinquished control of the Salon and a group of artists organized the Société des Artistes Français to take responsibility for the show with a jury elected from each previous year's exhibitors. It still remained hostile to avant-garde art, and from this time a number of competing exhibitions were established, undermining what prestige the Salon still retained. The Salon des Indépendants, for example, appeared in 1884, and the Salon d'Automne in 1903.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Salon.html IAN CHILVERS. "Salon." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-Salon.html |
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salon
salon, saloon.
1. Large, high room, frequently with a vaulted ceiling, and often of double height (i.e. rising the equivalent of two storeys), serving as one of the principal reception-rooms in a palace or great house, or as a means of communication through which the main rooms can be reached (called salone in Italian). Sometimes it was circular or elliptical on plan. 2. Large apartment or hall, especially in a hotel or other place frequented by the public, adapted for assemblies, entertainments, exhibitions, etc. 3. Public room for a specific purpose, e.g. billiards, dancing, or drinking (saloon-bar) 4. A drawing-room in a house. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "salon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "salon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-salon.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "salon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-salon.html |
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Salon
Salon annual exhibition of art works chosen by jury and presented by the French Academy since 1737; it was originally held in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre. By the mid-19th cent. the Salon had become an expression of conservative, established tastes in art. Until 1863 it was the only major public art exhibition held in Paris. That year the Salon des Réfusés was organized in protest by artists whose works were rejected by the Salon jury. See academies of art .
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"Salon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Salon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Salon.html "Salon." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Salon.html |
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sa·lon / səˈlän; saˈlôn/ • n. 1. an establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts business. 2. a reception room in a large house. ∎ hist. a social gathering of eminent people (esp. writers and artists). at the house of a woman prominent in high society. |
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"salon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "salon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-salon.html "salon." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-salon.html |
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Salona gathering or reception in a Parisian house, 1810; similar gatherings at other capitals; the annual exhibition in Paris of paintings, sculpture, etc., by living artists. |
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"Salon." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Salon." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301301.html "Salon." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301301.html |
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salon
salon large reception room. XVIII. — F.; see next.
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T. F. HOAD. "salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-salon.html T. F. HOAD. "salon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-salon.html |
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salon
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•echelon • Avalon
•gnomon, Jomon
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"salon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "salon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-salon.html "salon." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-salon.html |
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