Associations to the word «Vertu»
Wiktionary
VERTU, noun. (archaic) Especially in the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): excellence; moral virtue; honor; power.
VERTU, noun. (arts) Knowledge of the fine arts.
VERTU, noun. (arts) Objets d'art collectively.
VERTÙ, noun. Alternative form of vertu.
Dictionary definition
VERTU, noun. Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
VERTU, noun. Artistic quality.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.