单词 | sistine |
释义 | Sistineadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to Pope Sixtus IV (1471–84) or to any other pope called Sixtus.Recorded earliest, and chiefly, in Sistine Chapel n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chapel > [adjective] > Sistine Sistine1771 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy p. vi The Pope's chapel is sometimes called the Sistine chapel, from Sextus Quintus [sic], who built it. 1820 J. Wilson Jrnl. Two Successive Tours Continent II. viii. 270 This water..crosses the Tiber by an aqueduct within the Sistine bridge. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. ii. 136 He [sc. Sixtis V] fulfilled the intentions of the council by causing to be published in 1590 the Sistine Bible. 1910 R. W. Carden Life G. Vasari (1911) xii. 269 Of the things which, as Vasari notes, were ‘falling into ruins’ in Rome, the chief was the Sistine Bridge. 1988 J. Bajada Sexual Impotence iv. 81 Our author knew of the different opinions that were current both before and after the publication of the sistine Brief. 2015 C. L. Guest Understanding of Ornament in Ital. Renaissance x. 461 The Sistine papacy saw the restoration and building of churches. 2. Of, belonging, or relating to the Sistine Chapel. ΚΠ 1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Oct. The Pope entered, borne in his gilded chair by twelve men, and, at the same moment, the chaunting from the Sistine Choir commenced. 1876 Edinb. Rev. July 123 We here approach the painting of the Sistine Ceiling—the greatest feat to which modern art has risen. 1920 W. B. Yeats Michael Robartes & Dancer 2 While Michael Angelo's Sistine roof His ‘Morning’ and his ‘Night’ disclose How sinew that has been pulled tight,..Can rule by supernatural right. 1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves iii. 82 The clouds of Sistine incense around the yellow tapers. 2015 Church Times 26 June 25/3 One of the tricky devices at which the Sistine choir perhaps uniquely excels is those tiny sforzandi. B. n. The Sistine Chapel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chapel > [noun] > Sistine Sistine1817 1817 Let. 30 Nov. in Ann. Fine Arts 3 (1819) 159 No body studies in the Sistine that I have seen, and I visit it very often. 1850 D. M. Mulock Olive II. v. 113 Once again I will lie on the floor of the Sistine, and look up worshippingly to Michael the Angel. 1887 ‘J. Oldcastle’ Leo XIII vi. 36 The conclave assembled to-day in the Sistine. 1950 New Yorker 25 Feb. 82/3 In the vesper Mass, the Sistine's famous boy sopranos let loose their voices. 1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves iii. 81 The Czar Nicholas the First..was kneeling in the Sistine. 2011 R. Hughes Rome Epil. 459 The Sistine is one of the two things..that every tourist in Rome has heard of and wants to see. Compounds Sistine Chapel n. [after Italian Cappella Sistina (1652 or earlier)] a chapel in the Vatican built by Pope Sixtus IV, with a ceiling painted by Michaelangelo between 1508 and 1512 and other interior artworks by various Renaissance artists. ΚΠ 1769 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 5 On the sight of the Capella Sistina, he [sc. Raphael] immediately..assumed that grand style of painting.] 1771 C. Burney Present State Music France & Italy p. vi The Pope's chapel is sometimes called the Sistine chapel, from Sextus Quintus [sic], who built it. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxvii. 288 He has shown us the great picture in the Sistine Chapel..by Michael Angelo. 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds x. 182 All I could hear was a choir singing in the Sistine Chapel. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Nov. (Travel section) Then enter the sublime Sistine Chapel where you'll gaze up and admire Michelangelo's famous painted ceiling. Sistine Madonna n. [after German Sixtinische Madonna (1816 or earlier)] a painting of the Madonna by Raphael, commissioned by Pope Julius II (1503–13) for the church of San Sisto in Piacenza and now held in Dresden.The painting was commissioned in honour of Pope Sixtus IV, but the Church is dedicated to one of his predecessors, perhaps Sixtus II (Sixtus I, II, and III were all beatified). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject > specific picture Sistine Madonna1865 1865 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 1 Mar. At Dresden, I saw the Sistine Madonna with inexpressible delight. 1977 R. L. Wolff Gains & Losses ii. 131 Guy [Morville]..looks like one of the angels in the Sistine Madonna. 2015 J. B. Nici Famous Wks. Art viii. 102 Raphael's Sistine Madonna..has been the subject of pilgrimages by the literary and artistic community since the time it was created. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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