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art nouveau
a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized…
art nouveau meaning(s)
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- (n) a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers
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- It was not so long agoa matter of 20 yearsthat art nouveau was considered a minor style, deservedly forgotten.
- At the turn of the century, European taste makers found themselves caught up in the snaky tendrils of a self-conscious style called art nouveau.
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art object
a work of art of some artistic value
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art paper
a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
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art rock
a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine…
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art school
a school specializing in art
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art student
someone studying to be an artist
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art tatum
United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations…
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art teacher
someone who teaches art
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artal
a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between…
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artamidae
wood swallows
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artamus
type genus of the Artamidae
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artaxerxes
king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta…
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artaxerxes i
king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424…
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artaxerxes ii
king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta…
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artefact
a man-made object taken as a whole
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artefactual
of or relating to artifacts
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artel
a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between…
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artemia
fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
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artemia salina
common to saline lakes
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artemis
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto…
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artemis pontica
European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
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artemis spinescens
a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States
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artemisia
any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic…
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artemisia abrotanum
shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes…