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 +[[Image:The Sphinx by Maxime Du Camp, 1849.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[The Great Sphinx of Giza (photo by Maxime Du Camp)]], [[1849]]]]
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 +"That there is a [[object|physical object]] that can be identified as ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' or ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' is not a view that can long survive the demand that we should pick out or point to that object." -- Richard Wollheim, ''[[Art and Its Objects]]'', p.4
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 +[[Image:Five Shells on a Slab of Stone by Adriaen Coorte.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Five Shells on a Slab of Stone]]'' (1696) by [[Adriaen Coorte]]]]
 +[[Image:Romanesco cauliflower showing fractals.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Romanesco]] [[cauliflower]] showing [[fractal]]s]]
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-'''Object''' may refer to:+An '''object''' is a [[thing]] that has [[physical existence]]. It can also refer to the [[goal]], [[end]] or [[purpose]] of something. [[Fetishism]] is the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
 +'''Object''' may also refer to:
 +* [[Art object]]
 +** [[Objets trouvés]]
 +* [[Cultural artifact]]
* [[Object (philosophy)]], a [[thing]], [[being]] or [[concept]] * [[Object (philosophy)]], a [[thing]], [[being]] or [[concept]]
-* [[entity|Physical entity]], something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses+* [[entity|Physical entity]], something that is [[tangible]] and within the [[grasp]] of the [[senses]]
 +==Namesakes==
 +*''[[That Obscure Object of Desire]]'', 1977, a film by Luis Buñuel
 +* ''[[Object to Be Destroyed]]'', 1923, a work by American artist Man Ray
 +==Etymology==
 + 
 +From Latin ''ob'' (“against”) + ''[[iaciō]]'' (“throw”).
 + 
 +==See also==
 +* [[Sex object]]
 +* [[Thing]]
 +* [[Impossible object]]
 +* [[Concept and object]]
 +* [[Unidentified flying object]]
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"That there is a physical object that can be identified as Ulysses or Der Rosenkavalier is not a view that can long survive the demand that we should pick out or point to that object." -- Richard Wollheim, Art and Its Objects, p.4

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An object is a thing that has physical existence. It can also refer to the goal, end or purpose of something. Fetishism is the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.

Object may also refer to:

Namesakes

Etymology

From Latin ob (“against”) + iaciō (“throw”).

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