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单词 pinacotheca
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pinacothecan.

Brit. /ˌpɪnəkəʊˈθiːkə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɪnəkoʊˈθikə/
Forms: 1600s pinacothecia, 1600s– pinacotheca, 1800s pinacotheck (irregular), 1900s– pinacoteca. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form pinacothek.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pinacothēca.
Etymology: < classical Latin pinacothēca art gallery (Varro, Vitruvius) < Hellenistic Greek πινακοθήκη (Strabo) < ancient Greek πινακο- , combining form of πίναξ , πινακ- pinax n. + θήκη repository (see theca n.). Compare French pinacothèque (1547 in Middle French in a translation of Vitruvius), Spanish pinacoteca (1582 or earlier), Italian pinacoteca (1499), German Pinakothek, †Pinacothek, †Pinacotheca (all 18th cent.; now chiefly in Alte Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothek, and Pinakothek der Moderne, the names of famous art galleries in Munich).In form pinacoteca after Italian pinacoteca.
A place for storing and exhibiting works of art; an art gallery.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > place for keeping or exhibiting art
pinacotheca1624
antiquarium1651
art gallery1841
art museum1845
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 63 The..parlours, bathes, librarie and pinacloth, where coat Armors escuchions, painted tables, and counterfeates of strangers were kept.]
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 8 Pinacothecia (saith Vitruuius) by which he intendeth..certaine Repositories for workes of rarity in Picture or other Arts.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iii. 67 They plac'd and set up their Signa, Busts and Pictures in their Pinacotheca's and Repositories.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy 288 The pinacotheca of this building was a complete Museum of all the Curiosities of Art and Nature.
1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 315/1 Our walks through halls of art and pinacothecks.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. vi. 77 In the Pinacotheca of the Vatican..her easel was set up before many a famous picture.
1968 Listener 20 June 813/1 The pinacoteca displays the large, decorative Baroque canvases of the Bolognese painters.
1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets iii. i. 89 She rushed up to me in the pinacoteca and began screaming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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