SALON

Salon

A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" . Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, were carried on until quite recently in urban settings.

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salon

Noun

  1. a large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests
  2. a gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting
  3. an art gallery
  4. a beauty salon or similar establishment


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