hermitage

(noun)

A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.

Examples of hermitage in the following topics:

  • Sculpture in the Greek High Classical Period

    • An artist's conception of the colossal sculpture resides in the Hermitage Museum in St.
  • Museums and Private Collections

    • Many of the most significant private collections of art were opened to the public in the 18th century, such as the Uffizi gallery in Florence, Italy; The Louvre in Paris, France; and The Hermitage Museum, founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great.
  • Neoclassical Sculpture

  • Primitivism and Cubism

    • Other works of Picasso's African Period include the Bust of a Woman (1907, in the National Gallery, Prague); Mother and Child (Summer 1907, in the Musée Picasso, Paris); Nude with Raised Arms (1907, in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain); and Three Women (Summer 1908, in the Hermitage Museum, St.
  • Chinese Literati Expressionism under the Ming Dynasty

    • Figures are often depicted carrying or playing guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) and residing in quite isolated mountain hermitages.
  • Neoclassical Paintings

  • Chartreuse de Champmol

    • The cottage-like hermitages of the monks can be seen surrounding the main cloister, with the Well of Moses in the middle.
  • Architecture and Art in the Unified Silla Period

    • The Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex.
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