arcadian
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Most naturist resorts are arcadian retreats from city life.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015
It idealises its lowlifes as if they were arcadian shepherds, not so very remote from the outlaws, buckaroos, rodeo riders and Appalachian rustics in Aaron Copland's ballets.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2010
The elegant ladies in long robes who cavort under a canopy of trees in Cross’s arcadian “L’Air du Soir” feel entirely decorative and superfluous.
From Washington Post
Like Cole, he painted scenes along the Hudson River and in the Catskills, in a manner much indebted to Claude Lorrain: peaceful arcadian vistas with the silver glint of lakes under evening skies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our diversions, dependent on a love of odorous fields, colorful hills and fruitful vines, were of arcadian content.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
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