quattrocento

American  

[kwah-troh-chen-toh, kwaht-traw-chen-taw] / ˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ, ˌkwɑt trɔˈtʃɛn tɔ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

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

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quattrocento British  

/ ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ, kwattroˈtʃɛnto /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• quattrocentist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of quattrocento

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

Example Sentences

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quattrocento

Like many old masters of the quattrocento, he painted religious works, portraits and mythological scenes.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2015

The other gives a mostly fictional account of the nonfictional quattrocento painter Francesco del Cossa, whom Ms. Smith first came across in a copy of Frieze, the art magazine.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2014

As in many quattrocento paintings, the peripheral activity has a detached, dreamlike quality.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2013

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

Nor were the above-mentioned romances by any means the only works of their kind produced for a plebeian audience in the quattrocento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington