catalogue raisonné love

catalogue raisonné

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A publication listing titles of articles or literary works, especially the contents of an exhibition, along with related descriptive or critical material.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A complete index, usually with descriptions and reproductions, of a body of work, such as all the creations of a single artist.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French : catalogue, catalog + raisonné, methodical, descriptive, from past participle of raisonner, to reason, analyze.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From French

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word catalogue raisonné.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • “In 2006 Ms. Angell completed the first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Warhol’s films, a book that includes many of Mr. Name’s pictures.”

    The New York Times, In Search of an Archive of Warhol’s Era, by Randy Kennedy, January 8, 2010

    January 9, 2010