(Encyclopedia) baroquebaroquebərōkˈ [key], in art and architecture, a style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th cent.
The baroque style is characterized by…
(Encyclopedia) Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in Europe during the Renaissance.
In England the Renaissance flowered in the middle of the 16th cent. The…
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Alchemy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Spagiric FoodSpafields A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
A young thief, a most perfect adept in villainy, up to every sort of wicked dodge. (Dickens: Oliver Twist.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ArthegalArtesian…
That symbolical system which was developed by the early Greek or Byzantine artists out of the Christian symbolism. Its chief features are the circle, dome, and round arch; and its chief…
Deception, trickery. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ligurian RepublicLiguorians A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…
