Vanbrughianadj.
/vanˈbruːɪən/ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the architecture, landscaping, or plays of Sir John Vanbrugh (1664–1726). Also elliptical as n., Vanbrughian style.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > style of specific artist
Hogarthian1744
Rembrandtesque1824
Rembrandtish1827
Watteauish1833
Rembrandtic1836
Turneresque1846
Poussinesque1847
Turnerian1857
Greuze-like1860
Rubensian1877
Rembrandtian1881
Romney1883
Tiepolesque1895
Watteauesque1925
Goyaesque1934
Van Dyckian1942
Vanbrughian1947
Stubbsian1960
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright
Terentian1600
Sophocleana1644
Shakespeareana1754
Plautine1768
Aeschylean1783
Marlowish1798
Websterian1809
Euripidean1821
Aristophanic1827
Fletcherian1850
Marlowesque1884
Senecan1885
Jonsonian1886
Marlovian1887
Ibsenian1891
Ibsenish1893
Pinerotic1895
Shavian1904
bardolatrous1905
Ibsenesque1906
Strindbergian1913
Lylian1923
Chekhovian1925
Sheridanesque1931
Brechtian1935
Vanbrughian1947
Stoppardian1978
1947 J. Lees-Milne Diary 3 July (1983) 178 The windows tame Vanbrughian.
1972 Country Life 5 Oct. 812 The heavy Doric frieze and Vanbrughian chimneypiece.
1979 Garden (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 63/2 Early in the twentieth century there was..a Vanbrughian [garden] mode.
1980 Country Life 17 July 243/2 A tale that is..gorgeous, pyrotechnic, Vanbrughian.
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