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obscene — ob·scene /äb sēn/ adj [Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd]: extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also roth v. united states in the important cases section… … Law dictionary
Art of South Africa — is a term used to denote creative output by human beings from South Africa.The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave. Dating from 75,000 years ago [ [http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4 15 2004 53003.asp World s… … Wikipedia
ART CORPOREL — Au cours de recherches extrêmement différentes, dont les premières se situent dans le courant des années 1960, certains artistes ont fait de leur corps ou de celui de leur partenaire le matériau même de leur travail et l’élément primordial de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Art Rupe — (born Arthur Goldberg, September 5, 1917, Greensburg, Pennsylvania) started Specialty Records in Los Angeles in 1945. Specialty is noted for the rhythm blues, blues, gospel and early rock roll music recordings. The major producers for the label… … Wikipedia
Obscene Publications Act 1959 — United Kingdom Parliament … Wikipedia
art brut — (French; raw art ) Art produced by people outside the established art world, particularly crude, inexperienced, or obscene works created by the untrained or the mentally ill. The term was coined by Jean Dubuffet, who regarded such works as the… … Universalium
Obscene Publications Act — ▪ British law in British law, either of two codifications of prohibitions against obscene literature adopted in 1857 and in much revised form in 1959. The earlier act, also called Lord Campbell s Act (one of several laws named after chief… … Universalium
obscene — Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty. Lewd. Or, more broadly, repulsive or offensive to the senses. Obscenity is the state or quality of being obscene. Also see bad art, coarse, erotica and erotic art, feminism and feminist… … Glossary of Art Terms
Art of memory — For the 1966 non fiction book, see The Art of Memory. Graphical memory devices from the works of Giordano Bruno The Art of Memory or Ars Memorativa ( art of memory in Latin) is a general term used to designate a loosely associated group of… … Wikipedia
obscène — (ob sè n ) adj. Qui blesse ouvertement la pudeur. • Octave Auguste prit le prétexte du livre innocent de l Art d aimer, livre très décemment écrit et dans lequel il n y a pas un mot obscène, pour envoyer un chevalier romain sur la mer Noire,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
