单词 | putto |
释义 | putton. Esp. in Renaissance or Baroque art: a representation of a child, usually a boy, naked or in swaddling clothes; a cherub, a cupid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > of human figure > others puttine1612 puttoc1660 shepherdess1780 shepherd1866 criophore1909 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 261 That stupendious Canopy of Corinthian brasse [in St Peter's]..consists of 4 Wreath'd Columns..incircl'd with vines, upon which hang little Puti, Birds, & Bees. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1650 (1955) III. 18 The staire Case, & ornament of Puti about it. 1754 M. Brettingham Rome Acct. Bk. in Walpole Soc. (1983) XLIX. 91 Mould of ye Putto of Fiamingo in campo santo. 1800 J. Salmon Hist. Descr. Anc. & Mod. Rome II. 216 Urban VIII..erected the surprising canopy of bronze on four winding columns of the same metal, ornamented with very fine putti or cherubims. 1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 409 The putto..reappears in works of the masters of the fourteenth century at Naples and Pisa, holding a festoon or a scroll. 1894 B. Berenson in Nation (N.Y.) 30 Aug. 157/2 It was his passion..for the expression of the joyful feeling that led Correggio to seize every chance to paint putti. 1914 C. F. Bell Drawings by Old Masters in Christ Church 44 Fiammingo, François du Quesnoy, attributed to... A nude putto playing with a goat. 1973 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 13/6 On one side are two coats of arms in Baroque mantling held together by ribbons in the hand of a flying putto. 1997 Church Times 31 Jan. 18/1 Angels have changed from the terrible Kherubim, the very sight of which turned strong men into jelly, via the coy putti of Renaissance art, into no more than reassuring playthings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1660 |
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