Valla

[ vahl-lah ]

noun

1. Lo·ren·zo [law-, ren, -dzaw], 1407–57, Italian humanist and critic.

Valla

/ ˈvalla /

noun

1. VallaLorenzo14051457MItalianPHILOSOPHY: humanist scholar Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso). 1405–57, Italian humanist cholar. His writings include De voluptate (1431), a philosophical dialogue on pleasure

Example Sentences

A recent exhibition of the artist Clement Valla featured objects and prints, but the only thing sold to collectors were TIFFs.

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But Valla raised against him many enemies by the severity of his satire on almost all the learned men of his time.

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Then it was that Lorenzo Valla brought to bear on biblical research, for the first time, the spirit of modern criticism.

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While Valla thus initiated biblical criticism south of the Alps, a much greater man began a more fruitful work in northern Europe.

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It was on this summer evening that Rafael Valla, a Venetian lad of fourteen, decided to become a soldier of the king.

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"Signor Rafael Valla will now present his troupe of trained tops," said the voice.

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