单词 | picturedom |
释义 | picturedomn. 1. Films collectively; the cinema as an industry or art form. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [noun] > films or the cinema > realm of picturedom1902 film industry1911 filmdom1912 filmland1913 moviedom1915 1902 Strand Mag. Apr. 440/1 One who knows him says that ‘Zim’ is the ‘Mark Twain’ of picturedom. 1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Feb. 188/1 It was at the same ranch [near Los Angeles] that many of the most terrible battles in picturedom were fought and filmed. 1998 Financial Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. 16 So the purseholders of Picturedom must go on saying ‘Yes’ to Messrs. Redford, Eastwood and co. 2. Pictures or paintings collectively; the visual arts; (also) the world represented in a painting. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] arts of imitation1638 design1638 art1668 fine arts1686 imitative arts1753 designation1796 fine art1804 beaux arts1821 visual art1857 machine art1945 picturedom1945 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture > collectively picturea1450 picturedom1945 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 2 Oct. 5/7 (advt.) True antiques of picturedom. 1995 Observer (Nexis) 26 Feb. (Review section) 9 Velazquez placed cherished objects on offer, tipping them forward, shining bright, tempting us across the threshold into picturedom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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