An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).
An art exhibition by an independent group of artists.
the annual exhibition of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. From 1667 to 1881, the French government administered the Salon.
Exhibition of painting and sculpture held yearly in Paris under the aegis of the French Royal Academy. Its origins date back to 1667, but it reached its highest point during the eighteenth-century.
gallery where works of art can be displayed
a juried exhibition/competition that accepts photos in one or more of the eight photographic categories
An annual juried Parisian exhibition sponsored by the government. Academic standards dictated appropriate subject matters and styles in the selection of art.
1. Fashionable gathering of artists, writers, and intellectuals held in a private home. 2. In France, a state-sponsored exhibition of art, held in Paris, controlled by the Academy of Fine Arts.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, a government-sponsored exhibition named after a room in the Louvre where court painters exhibited their works.
The official annual art exhibition in France, held at the Louvre palace in Paris.
A salon is a gathering of stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host, partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation and readings, often consciously following Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "to please and educate" (aut delectare aut prodesse est). The salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical salons of the 17th century and 18th century, were carried on until quite recently in urban settings among like-minded people of a 'set': many 20th-century salons could be instanced.
The Salon (French: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris), is the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the world.