Aretino
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Angela pointed out that, now that the service had begun, they weren’t supposed to go down these steps, but Ken insisted—he didn’t want to miss the Spinello Aretino frescoes in the sacristy.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Hale describes an evening when Titian dropped in on Aretino who was roasting some thrushes on a spit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
The Italian collection is noteworthy, including a Tiepolo ceiling and a roomful of Primitives among which is an Aretino and a Segna di Bonaventura.
From Time Magazine Archive
Starting as a hill town cobbler's son, Aretino became the most powerful and popular writer in Europe, was perhaps the greatest and certainly the dirtiest master of low vernacular prior to Louis-Ferdinand Celine.
From Time Magazine Archive
In what was once its chapel, are frescoes by Spinello Aretino and his pupils, painted at the end of the Trecento, and representing the Passion of Christ.
From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
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