英语词汇“art union”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

art union n. (a) a union of persons for the purpose of promoting art, chiefly by purchasing the works of artists and distributing them among members, usually by lottery (now historical); (b) Australian and New Zealand a lottery, esp. for charitable purposes, with prizes in cash or in kind.

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art union?1835

?1835 (title) The people's art union.

1837 Morning Chron. 11 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) At a meeting..it was resolved:—1. That a society be instituted for the advancement of the fine Arts, entitled Art-Union.

1849 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Nov. 1/4 The undersigned guarantees the..sums of £50 and £40 to the drawers of the 1st and 2nd Prizes, in his Art Union.

1851 D. G. Rossetti Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 103 A Notice about an Art-Union print.

1868 Chambers's Encycl. I. 446 Scotland preceded England in the establishment of Art Unions.

1931 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 26 Dec. 13/7 Here we have art unions freely sanctioned..for every conceivable object from sports of every kind to first aid.

1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xxx. 148 But it would be a long, long time before she got a new dress—unless her ship came home and she won an art union.

1977 National Times (Austral.) 17 Jan. 36/6 $60,000..is expected to come from the proceeds of an art union for which Volvo has donated a top-of-the-range saloon, a boat and five outboard motors.

1999 Amer. Art Jrnl. 30 52/1 The establishment of art-unions beginning in 1839 brought works of art as well as a consciousness of and enthusiasm for art to a large number of the middle class.

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释义	> as lemmas art union art union n. (a) a union of persons for the purpose of promoting art, chiefly by purchasing the works of artists and distributing them among members, usually by lottery (now historical); (b) Australian and New Zealand a lottery, esp. for charitable purposes, with prizes in cash or in kind. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > group promoting art art union?1835 ?1835 (title) The people's art union. 1837 Morning Chron. 11 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) At a meeting..it was resolved:—1. That a society be instituted for the advancement of the fine Arts, entitled Art-Union. 1849 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Nov. 1/4 The undersigned guarantees the..sums of £50 and £40 to the drawers of the 1st and 2nd Prizes, in his Art Union. 1851 D. G. Rossetti Let. 30 Aug. (1965) I. 103 A Notice about an Art-Union print. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. I. 446 Scotland preceded England in the establishment of Art Unions. 1931 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) 26 Dec. 13/7 Here we have art unions freely sanctioned..for every conceivable object from sports of every kind to first aid. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xxx. 148 But it would be a long, long time before she got a new dress—unless her ship came home and she won an art union. 1977 National Times (Austral.) 17 Jan. 36/6 $60,000..is expected to come from the proceeds of an art union for which Volvo has donated a top-of-the-range saloon, a boat and five outboard motors. 1999 Amer. Art Jrnl. 30 52/1 The establishment of art-unions beginning in 1839 brought works of art as well as a consciousness of and enthusiasm for art to a large number of the middle class. extracted from artn.¹ < as lemmas
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