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‖ pinacotheca|ˈpɪnəkəʊˈθiːkə|
Also anglicized as ˈpinacoˌthek |-θɛk|.
[L. pinacothēca (Varro), a. Gr. πινακοθήκη a picture-gallery (Strabo), f. πίναξ, πινακ- tablet, picture + θήκη repository. So It. pinacotėca, F. pinacothèque, Ger. pinakothek.]
A place for the keeping and exhibition of pictures and other works of art.
[1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 63 The..parlours, bathes, librarie and pinacloth, where coat Armors escuchions, painted tables, and counterfeates of strangers were kept.] 1624Wotton Archit. in Reliq. (1651) 207 Pinacothecia..by which he intendeth..certain Repositories for Works of Rarity in Picture or other Arts. 1766Smollett Trav. 288 The pinacotheca of this building was a complete Museum of all the Curiosities of Art and Nature. 1834Lytton Pompeii i. iii, A picture-saloon, or pinacotheca. 1844Fraser's Mag. XXX. 315/1 Our walks through halls of art and pinacothecks. |