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The Congress of Women: Art
by Mrs. Emily Crawford Woman, the New Factor in EconomicsThe Pacific NorthwestArt Mrs. Emily Crawford was born in New London, in the County of Middlesex, England. Her parents were…The Devil's Dictionary: Art
by Ambrose Bierce ARSENICARTLESSNESSART -n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J. One day a wag — what would the…Brewer's: Hermetic Art
The art or science of alchemy; so called from the Chaldean philosopher, Hermes Trismegistus, its hypothetical founder. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Fine Arts
Those arts which chiefly depend on a delicate or fine imagination, as music, painting, poetry, and sculpture. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fine as…Brewer's: Liberal Arts
Book-learning (Latin, liber); viz., Grammar, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Liberal…Brewer's: Ligurian Arts
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…Brewer's: Spagiric Art
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…Brewer's: Tesserarian Art
The art of gambling. (Latin, tessera, a die.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TesterTerza Rima A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Black Art
The art practised by conjurors, wizards, and others, who professed to have dealings with the devil. Black here means diabolical or wicked. Some derive it from nigromancy, a corruption of…Brewer's: Byzantine Art
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…Trending
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