quattrocento
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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
Vocabulary lists containing quattrocento
Art History
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The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Middle School and High School
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Like many old masters of the quattrocento, he painted religious works, portraits and mythological scenes.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2015
As in many quattrocento paintings, the peripheral activity has a detached, dreamlike quality.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013
His marbles of the Madonna and Child have the lyrical tenderness of the finest quattrocento masters.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2010
On the back side the painting’s cracked, ancient-seeming plaster was mounted not on quattrocento brick but on Alucore, the kind of aluminum sheeting used for floors in jetliners.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2010
Yet it may be well to call attention to a quattrocento picture in the Florentine Academy, which illustrates the customs of that festival.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
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