| 单词 | etc of virtu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman (also lady, gentleman, etc.) of virtu d. man (also lady, gentleman, etc.) of virtu: a student or admirer of the fine arts; a collector of antiques or curios; a connoisseur. Cf. virtuoso n. 1b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts virtuosoa1650 virtuosea1721 dilettante1733 man of virtu1749 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 art-lover1847 dilettant1875 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. v. 34 They..may be called Men of Wisdom and Vertù (take heed you do not read Virtue). View more context for this quotation 1787 Gentleman's Mag. 57 Suppl. 1163/1 Being in company lately with several gentlemen of virtù, I found in their conversation frequent use of the word Taste in a sense I was unaccustomed to. 1819 London Lit. Gaz. 18 Sept. 604/3 Paris, at that time abounded with persons of virtu. Every man of education, was a man of taste. 1837 N.-Y. Rev. Oct. 292 Two white mice, which, if he had money for a cage and a proper suit of clothes, he could sell to the Duchess of Manchester, a lady of virtù in such matters. 2004 R. Sweet Antiquaries v. 163 The connoisseur, the man of virtù, who sought only perfection in the individual object. article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu e. article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu: an article such as art connoisseurs or collectors are interested in; an antique, curio, or other product of the fine arts. See also object of virtu at object n. 1d. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > types of > objet d'art or curio curiosity1645 virtu1746 article (also piece, bit, etc.) of virtu1755 object of art1830 objet d'art1840 chinoiserie1841 art object1848 curio1851 object of virtu1854 objet1857 objet de vertu1862 Japanesery1885 japonaiserie1896 Chinesery1907 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia II. xlii. 116 The most elegant Piece of Virtu I have ever seen. 1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 8 I had thoughts in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù. 1825 T. D. Lauder Lochandhu III. vii. 104 A list of the marble statues and busts, the bronzes, the pictures, and the various other items of vertu decorating the hall. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlix. 436 Bareacres Castle was theirs,..with all its costly pictures, furniture, and articles of vertù. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine iv. 74 An immense number of articles of virtu from Egypt are now scattered through the world. 1920 Country Life Mar. 108 In articles for the toilet, jewel boxes, seals, paperweights, etc., form and design are emphasized... Each article is in itself a rare bit of vertu. 2010 W. H. Faude Hidden Hist. Connecticut 12 The Wadsworth Atheneum would receive an itemized list of paintings, sculpture, arms, armor, medals, guns and articles of virtu. < as lemmas |
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