rifacimento
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rifacimento
1765–75; < Italian, derivative of rifare to make over, equivalent to ri- re- + fare (≪ Latin facere to do 1 ) + -mento -ment
Example Sentences
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Michelangelo the younger has only left one line, the second, untouched in his rifacimento.
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
The Satyr which is still shown there may, according to Mr. Heath Wilson's suggestion, be a rifacimento from the master's hand at a subsequent period of his career.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
Such is the tale of which the party story of Kirk appeared to Ritson to have been a rifacimento; but it is rather the foundation than the superstructure.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac
This rifacimento was published in 1541, after his death.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
It is quite as great a miracle in its way as the rifacimento of Berni.
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling
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