archaistic
Americanadjective
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The superb piece, previously unpublished, displays archaistic features.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2010
Many of these archaistic works are in various museums of art.
From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Clara Erskine Clement Waters
One, written in archaistic characters, from the south east palace at Kalhu, has long been known.
From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
He has a certain archaistic mannerism in his work recalling the Aeginetan marbles, which individuality puts a Manship stamp upon his work, striking a distinctly personal note.
From Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
All the later complications—the archaic and archaistic conundrums; the influences of Assyria and Asia Minor; the conflicting attributions and the wrangles of the erudite—still slumbered in the bosom of the future "scientific critic."
From The Greater Inclination by Edith Wharton
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