Modigliani

[ moh-dee-lee-ah-nee, moh-deel-yah-; Italian maw-dee-lyah-nee ]

noun

1. A·me·de·o [ah-me-, de, -aw], 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France.

Modigliani

/ modiʎˈʎaːni /

noun

1. ModiglianiAmedeo18841920MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo). 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor, noted esp for the elongated forms of his portraits

Example Sentences

Schaeffer remembers his father squirming when Pat Robertson talked about burning a reproduction of a nude by Modigliani.

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A natural-born actor, Amedeo Modigliani, nude or clothed, but ever handsome—"How beautiful he was, my God, how beautiful!"

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She glided over the tile floor like a gazelle and had a face that Amedeo Modigliani would have died for.

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He loved early 20th-century paintings, especially by Modigliani, Picasso, Leger, and Rouault.

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