ANTIQUATED

ANTIQUATED, Antiquatus, something obsolete or grown out of date, or use. See OBSOLETE. ANTIQUE, Antiquus, something that is ancient. See ANCIENT. The Term is chiefly used by Architects, Sculptors, and Painters; who apply it to such pieces of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, etc., as were made at the time when the Arts were in their greatest perfection, among the ancient Greeks and Romans, viz. from the Age of Alexander the Great to the time of the Emperor Phocas, when Italy became overrun by the Goths and Vandals. In this sense the Word stands opposed to Modern. See MODERN. Thus we say, an antique Building, or a Building after the Antique; an antique Bust, or Bas Relievo; the antique Manner, Taste, etc. Antique is sometimes even contradistinguished from ancient, which denotes a lesser degree of Antiquity, when the Art was not in its utmost Purity: Thus, antique Architecture is frequently distinguished from ancient Architecture. See ARCHITECTURE. Some Writers use the Compound antiquo-modern, in respect of old Gothic Churches and other Buildings; to distinguish them from those of the Greeks and Romans. Antique Work. See ANTIQUE WORK. ANTIQUITY, Antiquitas, ancient Days; or the Times past long ago. See AGE, TIME, ANTIQUE, ANCIENT, etc. Thus we say, the Heroes of Antiquity, the Marks of Antiquity, etc.; Antiquity is also used in respect of the Remains, or Monuments of the Ancients. See MONUMENT, REMAINS, RUINS, etc. Thus we say, the Antiquities of Greece, the Jewish Antiquities, Roman Antiquities, etc. The Chinese are infinite Admirers of Antiquity.

ANTIQUATED