braccio
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braccia
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Etymology
Origin of braccio
First recorded in 1750–60; from Italian: literally, “an arm,” from Latin bracchium; see brace
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The show also features numerous loans from private collectors and institutions, most notably a rare figural lira da braccio from Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum and an exquisitely decorated hurdy-gurdy from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The exhibit also approaches issues of gender, through the elaborately decorated 1511 lira da braccio, a bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
A few years later when he was in Rome, he sought out a shop which sold measuring sticks and acquired a Florentine braccio.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The Venetian braccio was longer than the Florentine, which would have made Galileo’s measurements much more nearly accurate.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The rain water must flow from the cupola into a gutter of marble, a third of a braccio wide, and must run off through outlets made of hard-stone below the gutter.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi by Gaston du C. De Vere
Indeed, in Florence and Venice two different braccia were used for different purposes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
I painted, then, in a picture three braccia high, Duke Alessandro himself in armour, portrayed from life, with a new invention in a seat formed of captives bound together, and with other fantasies.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Giorgio Vasari
The Hall, namely, that part which is rectangular, without counting the works of Bandinelli and Ammanati, is ninety braccia in length and thirty-eight braccia in breadth.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by Gaston du C. De Vere
This figure was clothed and six braccia high, and he erected and completely finished it.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma by Giorgio Vasari
Thus reassured, Michelagnolo, in order to make Baccio Valori his friend, began a figure of three braccia in marble, which was an Apollo drawing an arrow from his quiver, and carried it almost to completion.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol. IX (of 10) Michelagnolo to the Flemings by Giorgio Vasari
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