Cinquecento Definition

chĭngkwĭ-chĕntō
noun
The 16th cent. as a period in Italian art and literature.
Webster's New World

Origin of Cinquecento

  • Italian from (mil) cinquecento (one thousand) five hundred cinque five (from Latin quīnque penkwe in Indo-European roots) cento hundred (from Latin centum dekm̥ in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cinquecento Sentence Examples

  • Each region produces a special type, Venetia turning out imitations of 16th- and I 7th-century styles, Tuscany the 15th-century or cinquecento style, and the Neapolitan provinces the Pompeian style.

  • The vases made by him are as elegant in form as the best of the Cinquecento period, but may perhaps be distinguished by the superior purity and brilliancy of the glass.

  • The great council consisted of 3200 citizens of blameless reputation and over twenty-five years of age, a third of the number sitting for six months in turn in the hall of the Cinquecento expressly built for the purpose.

  • The memorable meeting took place in the hall of the Cinquecento.

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