| 单词 | memory theatre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmemory theatre memory theatre n. (a) originally and chiefly historical, an imaginary building thought of as comprising various rooms and areas, each containing mnemonic objects and features that symbolize particular ideas, which can be visualized mentally as a systematic method of remembering those ideas; (b) a building, place, or structure that holds or evokes memories. ΚΠ 1966 F. A. Yates Art of Memory v. 128 We are now at last prepared to begin the study of the Renaissance transformation of the art of memory, taking as our first example..the Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo. 1966 M. McLuhan Let. 1 Dec. (1987) 339 Vico was the first to spot language itself as a memory theatre. 1966 M. McLuhan Let. 1 Dec. (1987) 339 The medieval cathedrals were memory theatres. 1995 Renaissance Q. 48 134 This type of narrative functions in a way analogous to a contemporary memory theater. < as lemmas |
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