quattrocento

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

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

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

quattrocento

/ ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ; kwattroˈtʃɛnto /

noun

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

Other Words From

• quattro·centist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quattrocento¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quattrocento¹

Italian, shortened from milquattrocento 1400

Example Sentences

The Quattrocento work contains much less of it than the Cinquecento.

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The intimate connection of arts and crafts is characteristic of the Quattrocento, as also the mutual interaction of art with art.

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The third room contains small bronze works by Tuscan masters of the Quattrocento.

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No other Sienese sculptor of the Quattrocento approaches Giacomos solitary greatness.

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For the rest, the whole chapel is a perfect gem of the arts and crafts of the early Quattrocento.

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