Arpino

[ ahr-pee-noh ]

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noun

The Duchesse S. Arpino and her mother and engaging little daughter make their house as pleasant as ever.

The family had been long settled at Arpinum, now Arpino, a Volscian town.

Above the altar is the finest fresco in the basilica, the Ascension by Arpino, 1600.

Caravaggio and his followers were mere naturalists; Arpino and his scholars pure idealists.

Similar methods of construction are found at Tusculum and in a gateway at Arpino.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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