art house
See also: arthouse and art-house
English
Noun
art house (plural art houses)
- A cinema that shows art films and foreign films which are not widely distributed.
- 1953, D. W. Smythe et al., "Portrait of an Art-Theater Audience," The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 28,
- Practically nothing has yet been reported in detail about audiences who attend the art house—a relatively new and growing institution on the American cinematic scene.
- 1953, D. W. Smythe et al., "Portrait of an Art-Theater Audience," The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 28,
- (dated) A building or gallery in which works of art are collected, displayed, and offered for sale.
- 1946, "Dutch Bouquet," Time, 16 Dec.,
- Hitler had "collected" most of the paintings from a Jewish-owned art house—Goudstikker of Amsterdam.
- 1946, "Dutch Bouquet," Time, 16 Dec.,
Derived terms
- art-house (adjective)
Translations
a cinema that shows art films and foreign films which are not widely distributed
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a building or gallery in which works of art are collected, displayed, and offered for sale
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Anagrams
- arouseth, house rat, outhears, share out, shareout