quattrocenton.adj.

Brit.

/ˌkwatrə(ʊ)ˈtʃɛntəʊ/,

/ˌkwɒtrə(ʊ)ˈtʃɛntəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌkwɑˌtroʊˈ(t)ʃɛntoʊ/

Forms: 1800s quatrocento, 1800s– quattrocento, 1900s– quattro-cento. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian quattrocento.

Etymology: < Italian quattrocento the fifteenth century (a1799; earlier in sense ‘the year 1400’ (1586)), use as noun of quattrocento four hundred (here short for mille quattrocento fourteen hundred) < quattro (see quatre n.) + cento (see cent n.¹). Compare earlier cinquecento n., trecento n., and quattrocentist n.Not fully naturalized in English. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (kwattroˌtʃe·nto) /kwattroˈtʃɛnto/.

A. n.

The 15th century in Italy, considered in terms of its art and architecture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years

fire year1673

quattrocento1854

the hungry forties1905

dix-huitième1920

roaring twenties1923

Dirty Thirties1931

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [noun] > period

cinquecento1762

trecento1841

quattrocento1854

1854 tr. A. de Reumont Carafas of Maddaloni ii. iii. 277 Uniting the Tuscan and domestic elements of the Quattrocento with the yet more awakening study of the antique.

1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 61 The better known Italian furniture of the quattrocento..is gilt and painted.

1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. ii. 32 The tortuous stone staircase..in some castle of our quattrocento is like the ‘lightning elevator’ in one of Mr. Verver's fifteen-storey buildings.

1965 Proc. Brit. Acad. 1964 50 176 A type which belongs to the quattro-cento and in particular to Michelozzo.

1991 E. H. Spitz Image & Insight iv. 91 When one thinks..of Florentine and Sienese artists of the trecento and even of the quattrocento, it is fair to say that, with few exceptions, there is scant biographical information and less that is undisputed.

B. adj.

Of or relating to the 15th century in Italy, or the art and architecture of this period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1855 M. Farquhar Biogr. Catal. Principal Ital. Painters 51/2 The Adoration of the Shepherds, in the Academy at Florence, though in the style of the good quattrocento masters, is an excellent work for any time or school.

1876 F. J. Pabisch & T. Byrne tr. J. Alzog Man. Universal Church Hist. II. ii. iv. 1050 A rapid and very marked progress is perceptible in the works of the fifteenth century, the antico moderno or quattrocento age of art.

1921 A. Huxley Let. 31 May (1969) 197 For my taste, at least, Florence is too tre- and quattrocento.

1955 Times 20 May 3/7 The settings [in a film] were purely quattrocento, very scholarly, and very pretty.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 627/2 We know virtually everything we could hope to know about the decoration of a quattrocento chapel.

1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 79 Isabel leafed through an album of Quattrocento paintings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quattrocento
释义	quattrocenton.adj. Brit. /ˌkwatrə(ʊ)ˈtʃɛntəʊ/, /ˌkwɒtrə(ʊ)ˈtʃɛntəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkwɑˌtroʊˈ(t)ʃɛntoʊ/ Forms: 1800s quatrocento, 1800s– quattrocento, 1900s– quattro-cento. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian quattrocento. Etymology: < Italian quattrocento the fifteenth century (a1799; earlier in sense ‘the year 1400’ (1586)), use as noun of quattrocento four hundred (here short for mille quattrocento fourteen hundred) < quattro (see quatre n.) + cento (see cent n.¹). Compare earlier cinquecento n., trecento n., and quattrocentist n.Not fully naturalized in English. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (kwattroˌtʃe·nto) /kwattroˈtʃɛnto/. A. n. The 15th century in Italy, considered in terms of its art and architecture. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years fire year1673 quattrocento1854 the hungry forties1905 dix-huitième1920 roaring twenties1923 Dirty Thirties1931 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [noun] > period cinquecento1762 trecento1841 quattrocento1854 1854 tr. A. de Reumont Carafas of Maddaloni ii. iii. 277 Uniting the Tuscan and domestic elements of the Quattrocento with the yet more awakening study of the antique. 1875 J. H. Pollen Anc. & Mod. Furnit. 61 The better known Italian furniture of the quattrocento..is gilt and painted. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. ii. 32 The tortuous stone staircase..in some castle of our quattrocento is like the ‘lightning elevator’ in one of Mr. Verver's fifteen-storey buildings. 1965 Proc. Brit. Acad. 1964 50 176 A type which belongs to the quattro-cento and in particular to Michelozzo. 1991 E. H. Spitz Image & Insight iv. 91 When one thinks..of Florentine and Sienese artists of the trecento and even of the quattrocento, it is fair to say that, with few exceptions, there is scant biographical information and less that is undisputed. B. adj. Of or relating to the 15th century in Italy, or the art and architecture of this period. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1855 M. Farquhar Biogr. Catal. Principal Ital. Painters 51/2 The Adoration of the Shepherds, in the Academy at Florence, though in the style of the good quattrocento masters, is an excellent work for any time or school. 1876 F. J. Pabisch & T. Byrne tr. J. Alzog Man. Universal Church Hist. II. ii. iv. 1050 A rapid and very marked progress is perceptible in the works of the fifteenth century, the antico moderno or quattrocento age of art. 1921 A. Huxley Let. 31 May (1969) 197 For my taste, at least, Florence is too tre- and quattrocento. 1955 Times 20 May 3/7 The settings [in a film] were purely quattrocento, very scholarly, and very pretty. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 627/2 We know virtually everything we could hope to know about the decoration of a quattrocento chapel. 1994 J. Updike Brazil x. 79 Isabel leafed through an album of Quattrocento paintings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1854
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