quattrocento
noun
the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
quattrocentist
-
a word derived from
quattrocento.
Example Sentences
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Thus in him are united the quattrocentist tradition and the fresher ideals of the cinquecento, which found earliest expression in Giambellini's Allegories of about 1486-90.
From Giorgione by Herbert Cook
