quattrocento

[ kwah-troh-chen-toh; Italian kwaht-traw-chen-taw ]

/ ˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ; Italian ˌkwɑt trɔˈtʃɛn tɔ /

noun (often initial capital letter)

the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.

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Origin of quattrocento

1870–75; < Italian, short for mil quattro cento 1400, occurring in the names of all the years from 1400 to 1499

Related formsquat·tro·cen·tist, noun

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Examples from the Web for quattrocento

No other Sienese sculptor of the Quattrocento approaches Giacomos solitary greatness.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner
These ten figures are among the most characteristic products of Sienese art of the Quattrocento.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano|Edmund G. Gardner
As an artist, he has thoroughly outgrown the quattrocento style, and falls short only by a little of the greatest.
Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3|John Addington Symonds
The portrait of Giovanni dei Medici is by an unknown hand of the Quattrocento.
The Story of Florence|Edmund G. Gardner

The third room contains small bronze works by Tuscan masters of the Quattrocento.
The Story of Florence|Edmund G. Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for quattrocento

quattrocento

/ (ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ, Italian kwattroˈtʃɛnto) /

noun

the 15th century, esp in reference to Renaissance Italian art and literature

Word Origin for quattrocento

Italian, shortened from milquattrocento 1400

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Word Origin and History for quattrocento

quattrocento

"the fifteenth century as a period in art and architecture," 1847, from Italian quattrocento, literally "four hundred," short for mille quattrocento "one thousand four hundred," in reference to a period beginning in "1400;" see four + hundred.