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PICTURESQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
DEF

Vivid, charming, quaint, colourful, striking in an undramatic way [or representing] the standard of taste, mainly concerned with landscape.

CONT

We call "picturesque" ... motifs as we have seen in pictures before.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
OBS

Un terme d'art tiré du siècle précédent (XVII) [et] dont le sens se confond avec celui de romantique [...] qui s'applique surtout aux paysages, aux jardins.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
OBS

(BT 85 l'Urbanisme)

Spanish

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