Noun: virtu vur'too
- Love of or taste for fine objects of art
"His virtu led him to collect rare Renaissance paintings";
- vertu, connoisseurship
- Artistic quality
"The virtu of the painting was immediately apparent to the art critic";
- vertu
- Objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
"The collector's home was filled with items of virtu"
Derived forms: virtus
Type of: appreciation, art object, discernment, objet, objet d'art, perceptiveness, piece, quality, taste
Encyclopedia: Virtu