catalogue raisonné

[ kat-l-awg rez-uh-ney, -og; French ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-ney ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ca·ta·logues rai·son·nés [kat, -l-awgz rez-, uh, -, ney, -ogz, k, a, -t, a, -lawg , r, e-zaw-, ney].

a catalog, as of paintings or books, with notes or commentary on the items listed; a classified, descriptive catalog.

catalogue raisonné

/ katalɔɡ rɛzɔne /

a descriptive catalogue, esp one covering works of art in an exhibition or collection

1775–85; < French: literally, reasoned catalog

A catalogue raisonne is such a list classified according to subjects or on some other basis, with short explanations and notes.

For the rest of the portraits on this vast staircase, it would take a volume to give a catalogue raisonne of them.

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[fur-kin ]

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