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Definition of Art rock

1. Noun. A style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing.

Definition of Art rock

1. Noun. (music) A subgenre of experimental, intellectual rock music, often presented as a suite of pieces with a story or theme. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Art rock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Kingdom (Basileia): An Exegetical Study by George Dana Boardman (1899)
"Peter, thou art Rock ; and on this rock I will ... Peter, thou in thy name, in thyself, and in thy confession art rock; and on this rock I will build—" The ..."

2. The Church (ecclesia). by George Dana Boardman (1901)
"Peter, thou art rock; and on this rock I will build. ... Peter, thou alike in thy name, in thyself, and in thy confession, art rock; and on this rock I will ..."

3. Peter's Name: Or, A Divine Credential in a Name by Telesphor Smyth-Vaudry (1909)
"... our Lord said, "Thou art Kepha and upon this Kepha I will build my Church: Thou art Rock and upon this Rock I will build my Church. ..."

4. The Beginnings of art by Ernst. Grosse (1897)
"Further, the technical execution of the Grey figures exhibits the sune characteristic traits as are found in all the works of Australian pictorial art. Rock ..."

5. The National Sunday School Teacher by Chicago Sunday School Union (1875)
"But the Lord said not to Peter, "thou art a pope"—only this: "thou art rock." "And upon this principle, not of popery, nor primacy, but of consecrating, ..."

6. Delight, the Soul of Art: Five Lectures by Arthur Jerome Eddy by Arthur Jerome Eddy (1902)
"... characters or only as an ornament" These pictures are by no means the only examples of Australian art " Rock figures are very common in the north. ..."

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