Christo

¹

[ kris-toh ]

noun

1. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, 1935–2020, U.S. sculptor, born in Bulgaria: collaborator with wife, Jeanne-Claude.

Christo-

²

1. a combining form representing Christ in compound words:

   Christophany.

Christo-

¹

combining_form

1. indicating or relating to Christ

   Christology

Christo

²

/ ˈkrɪstəʊ /

noun

1. ChristoChristo Javacheff1935MUSARTS AND CRAFTS: artist full name Christo Javacheff. born 1935, US artist, born in Bulgaria; best known for works in which he wraps buildings, monuments, or natural features in canvas or plastic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christo¹

Christ, -o-

Example Sentences

Sitting with him in a large, spare room adorned with diagrams showing his decades-in-the-making plan to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, I was struck by the boldness of Christo’s creativity and vision.

From Time

Museums are still mounting major exhibitions this fall, with no shortage of big-name artists Six Titian masterpieces reunited Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrap of L’Arc de Triomphe reads like a salient point on hollow glory

From Washington Post

Abstract artists, including Alberto Burri, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Jack Whitten and Mark Bradford, all found unique ways to use such materials to conjure the weight of incommunicable things.

From Washington Post

I remember being with Christo and Jeanne-Claude when they were doing Running Fence in Sonoma County, Northern California.

From The Daily Beast

Yet even today, the small-scale sculptural objects in most museum collections are cataloged under one name only: Christo.

From The Daily Beast

Bangalter and De Homem-Christo would later go on to form the electronic duo Daft Punk.

From The Daily Beast

What, Christo, is the meaning of this: “Cousin Brent has a razor-sharp mind and a greyhound-quick tongue….”

From The Daily Beast

I think your dad would have felt right at home, had he been there, Christo, I really do.

From The Daily Beast

De Sabbato sancto, says, fit hac die baptismus, quia in eo consepulti sumus christo.

From Project Gutenberg

All this was uttered by Monte-Christo with such exemplary gravity, that I stood perfectly confounded.

From Project Gutenberg

Christo mastiges et Psycho-tyranni suum furorem non potuerunt explere.

From Project Gutenberg

Ad unam veram concordem religionem, sicut omnes sub uno Christo sumus et militamus.

From Project Gutenberg

Vincat Christus modo, nihil refert si pereat Lutherus, quia victore Christo victor erit.

From Project Gutenberg