English
Noun
en-noun|sg=art house
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
art-house (adj.)
Translations
French: salle d'art et d'essai
References
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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