cinquecento

American  

[ching-kwi-chen-toh] / ˌtʃɪŋ kwɪˈtʃɛn toʊ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. the 16th century, with reference to Italy, especially to the Italian art or literature of that period.

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cinquecento British  

/ ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊ /

noun

1. the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature

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Other Word Forms

• cinquecentism noun
• cinquecentist noun

Etymology

Origin of cinquecento

1750–60; < Italian, short for mil cinque cento 1500, used for period a.d. 1500–99

Example Sentences

Were he to unearth a distant ancestor, in cinquecento Florence, whose output is mostly attributed to “the workshop of Giacomo Paterfilio,” no one would be surprised.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2018

Among Venetian artists of the cinquecento, only Lorenzo Lotto, that great independent, resisted the pressure of his style.

From Time Magazine Archive

Raphael, appearing in some scrofulous Sicilian hill town in the cinquecento, would hardly have altered the history of cart decoration.

From Time Magazine Archive

As in another picture of the same subject a banquet scene of the cinquecento was portrayed, here we have a typical genre picture of the 20th Century.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the left, at the end of the passage, is a very handsome cinquecento ciborium, and near it the "Tabula Magna Lateranensis," containing the list of relics belonging to the church.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.