Definition of cinquecento in English:
cinquecento
noun ˌtʃɪŋkwɪˈtʃɛntəʊˌtʃɪŋkwəˈtʃɛntoʊ
the cinquecentoThe 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature, with a reversion to classical forms.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the late cinquecento, Florentine patrons seized upon the cloister lunette fresco cycle as an ideal format for reformist didactic painting.
- He was an accomplished decorator in the cinquecento style.
- Such complexity of meanings appealed marvelously to learned patrons and artists of the cinquecento.
- Benedetto Montagna worked as a painter and engraver well into the cinquecento.
- In the middle of the cinquecento, at least in certain cultivated circles, there was a taste for figures in paintings that ambiguously combined male and female characteristics.
Origin
Italian, literally '500' (shortened from milcinquecento '1500') used with reference to the years 1500–99.
Rhymes
cento, divertimento, lento, memento, pimiento, portamento, Risorgimento, Sacramento, Sorrento, Trento
Definition of cinquecento in US English:
cinquecento
nounˌCHiNGkwəˈCHentōˌtʃɪŋkwəˈtʃɛntoʊ
the cinquecentoThe 16th century as a period of Italian art, architecture, or literature, with a reversion to classical forms.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the middle of the cinquecento, at least in certain cultivated circles, there was a taste for figures in paintings that ambiguously combined male and female characteristics.
- He was an accomplished decorator in the cinquecento style.
- Benedetto Montagna worked as a painter and engraver well into the cinquecento.
- Such complexity of meanings appealed marvelously to learned patrons and artists of the cinquecento.
- In the late cinquecento, Florentine patrons seized upon the cloister lunette fresco cycle as an ideal format for reformist didactic painting.
Origin
Italian, literally ‘500’ (shortened from milcinquecento ‘1500’) used with reference to the years 1500–99.