archaic smile
–noun Fine Arts.
| a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found esp. on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century b.c. |
[Origin: 1900–05
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Archaic smile
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| archaic smile
n. A representation of the human mouth with slightly upturned corners, characteristic of early Greek sculpture produced before the fifth century B.C. [After the Archaic Period, early period of ancient Greek sculpture.] |
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