cinquecento

[ ching-kwi-chen-toh ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

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

cinquecento

/ ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊ /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˌcinqueˈcentist, noun

Other Words From

• cinque·centism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinquecento¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinquecento¹

C18: Italian, shortened from milcinquecento 1500

Example Sentences

At that very period the Italian art of the Cinquecento enjoyed the exclusive favour of the German scholars.

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The influence of the Bellini is to be found in almost all the great painters of Venice in the Cinquecento.

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The Quattrocento work contains much less of it than the Cinquecento.

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From Michelozzo's beautiful cortile, which one enters first, a noble staircase ascends to the Salone dei Cinquecento.

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These three works, though in very different degrees, represent the opening of the Cinquecento in painting and sculpture.

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