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quattrocento

/kwah-troh-chen-toh; Italian kwaht-traw-chen-taw/US // ˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ; Italian ˌkwɑt trɔˈtʃɛn tɔ //UK // (ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ, Italian kwattroˈtʃɛnto) //

四百,四百个,四百人,四百多

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.

Examples

  • The Quattrocento work contains much less of it than the Cinquecento.

  • The intimate connection of arts and crafts is characteristic of the Quattrocento, as also the mutual interaction of art with art.

  • The third room contains small bronze works by Tuscan masters of the Quattrocento.

  • No other Sienese sculptor of the Quattrocento approaches Giacomos solitary greatness.

  • For the rest, the whole chapel is a perfect gem of the arts and crafts of the early Quattrocento.

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