arcadian

Example Sentences

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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

These works demonstrate that Rauschenberg is at heart an arcadian, obsessed with emblems of uncorrupted nature and their parallels in culture.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Mousseau's sweet arcadian dale, Fair Delphine pours the plaintive strain; She charms the list'ning nightingale, And seems th' enchantress of the plain.

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir