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  2. Objet d'art - Wikipedia

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    Objet d’art: The Gatchina Palace Egg contains a miniature of the Gatchina Palace of Catherine the Great.. In art history, the French term objet d'art (/ ˌ ɒ b ʒ eɪ ˈ d ɑːr / ⓘ; French pronunciation: [ɔbʒɛ daʁ]) describes an ornamental work of art, and the term objets d’art describes a range of works of art, usually small and three-dimensional, made of high-quality materials ...

  3. Objet petit a - Wikipedia

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    In the Seminar Le transfert (1960–1961) he articulates objet a with the term agalma (Greek, an ornament). Just as the agalma is a precious object hidden in a worthless box, so objet petit a is the object of desire which we seek in the Other. The "box" can take many forms, all of which are unimportant, the importance lies in what is "inside ...

  4. Object - Wikipedia

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    Objet d'art, works of art that are not paintings; large or medium-sized sculptures, prints or drawings Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Object .

  5. Found object - Wikipedia

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    Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917; photograph by Alfred Stieglitz. A found object (a calque from the French objet trouvé), or found art, [1] [2] [3] is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function. [4]

  6. Physical object - Wikipedia

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    A bubble of exhaled gas in water. In natural language and physical science, a physical object or material object (or simply an object or body) is a contiguous collection of matter, within a defined boundary (or surface), that exists in space and time.

  7. Object to Be Destroyed - Wikipedia

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    The metronome, originally manufactured by the Qualite Excelsior company, was a mass-produced product that might be commonly found in many homes. It was probably secondhand when Man Ray reconfigured it as an art object, as it was marred, worn, missing minor parts and stood on mismatched feet, though its mechanism was in fair working order. [1]

  8. Subject and object (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The first definition holds that an object is an entity that fails to experience and that is not conscious. The second definition holds that an object is an entity experienced. The second definition differs from the first one in that the second definition allows for a subject to be an object at the same time. [3]

  9. Object (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    In software development, an object is an entity that has state, behavior, and identity. [1]: 78 An object can model some part of reality or can be an invention of the design process whose collaborations with other such objects serve as the mechanisms that provide some higher-level behavior.