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‖ retardataire, n. and a. Chiefly Art.|rətardatɛr|
[Fr., lit. ‘(one who is) late in arriving, acting, etc.’.]
A. n. A work of art executed in the style of an earlier period.
B. adj. Behind the times; characterized by the style of an earlier period.
1903R. Fry Let. 29 June (1972) I. 210, I have assumed that the man whom you called in your notes Lorenzo Bicci is meant for Bicci di Lorenzo. Lorenzo Bicci is much too early, b. 1333 (I'm sure), whereas Bicci di Lorenzo, d. 1452, would just suit this retardataire. I am speaking of the Quattrocento Madonna with two angels kneeling beneath. 1958H. R. Hitchcock Archit.: 19th & 20th Cent. viii. 148 Only in the design of public monuments..did a pompous and somewhat retardataire eclecticism rule. 1964Listener 19 Mar. 488/2 The greatest Andrea [del Sarto] is retardataire, an artist who would have been more at home in the conditions of a quarter of a century earlier. 1966Ibid. 1 Dec. 813/3 English art had always been retardataire. 1973J. B. Trapp Medieval Eng. Lit. 7 In learning, too, England [by the end of the fifteenth century] was retardataire. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 30/4 The retardataire appearance of much colonial architecture derives from the poor, often secondhand knowledge of contemporary architectural practice as well as from a conservatism in patrons' tastes. |