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Beaux Arts definition

Beaux Arts (bō zär′)

designating or of an ornate style of architecture of the late 19th and early 20th cent. characterized by classical forms, massive proportions, and lavish, usually symmetrical, detailing

Etymology: after the École des Beaux-Arts, School of (the) Fine Arts, in Paris, influential in promoting this style: see beaux-arts

beaux-arts definition

beaux-arts (bō zȧr′; E bō zär′)

plural noun

the fine arts

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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