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Objet d'Art

/ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/

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What does Objet d'Art mean?

noun

  1. A work of art with some artistic merit.
  2. An artwork exhibited for the purposes of decoration or the reflection of social status.

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/ˌɒbʒeɪ ˈdɑː(ɹ)/

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The female body, even at its best is very defective in form; it has harsh curves and very clumsily distributed masses; compared to it the average milk-jug, or even cuspidor, is a thing of intelligent and gratifying design—in brief, an objet d’art.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270