Cinquecentist

cinquecentist English 2017 June 2 Alternative forms en cinquecentist Etymology thumb|A probable self-portrait of Italian Cinquecentist Sandro Botticelli (1445 yes – 17 May 1510), from his painting Adoration of the Magi (c. 1475), which is in the collection of the Uffizi Gallery in Rome, Italy From en it cinquecentista Cinquecentist, from it cinquecento sixteenth century + it -ista -ist, suffix indicating a person with a particular creative or academic role; compare fr cinquecentiste. Pronunciation en /tʃiŋkwɛˈtʃɛntɪst/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cinquecentist.wav Southern England en /t͡ʃiŋkwəˈt͡ʃɛntɪst/ /-ɾɪst/ GA en Cin que cent ist Adjective - Of or pertaining to the art of Italy in the sixteenth century. en A[ugustus] B[ozzi] Granville Saxony, Prussia, Federated States, and France St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; through Flanders, the Rhenish Provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the Federated States of Germany, and France. [...] In Two Volumes London Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street 1828 II 654 https://books.google.com/books?id=CYvLNsseoAgC&pg=PA654 7221005 Its [Dresden's] stately and cinquecentist mansions bring back interesting recollections; its treasures of art make us proud of humanity; and the rich and picturesque scenery of its environs add surprise to our delights. en James Fergusson; Robert Kerr Secular Architecture History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: [...] In Two Volumes 3rd rev. London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1891 I book I (Italy) 36 https://archive.org/stream/historyofmoderns01ferg#page/36/mode/1up/ 457901902 Suffice it to say as a last word that the ancient Romans, the cinquecentist Italians, and the modern Europeans, obviously form in architectural history one continuous dynasty. en w:Heinrich Wölfflin Principles of Art History w:Donald Preziosi The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology Oxford History of Art 2nd Oxford w:Oxford University Press 2009 127 https://books.google.com/books?id=HEUTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 978-0-19-922984-0 Whenever we pass from the Cinquecentist room in a gallery to the baroque, the surprise we feel is that clear, obvious juxtaposition ceases and that colours seem to rest on a common ground in which they sometimes sink into almost complete monochrome, in which, however, if they stand out clearly, they remain mysteriously moored. Noun An Italian of the sixteenth century, especially a poet or an artist. en James Fergusson; Robert Kerr Secular Architecture History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: [...] In Two Volumes 3rd rev. London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1891 I book I (Italy) 169 https://archive.org/stream/historyofmoderns01ferg#page/169/mode/1up/ 457901902 As a matter of good sense alone, it must sooner or later become clear to the mind of anyone that the Cinque-centists, on their own Italian ground teeming with relics of the past, and in the exhilarating intellectual air of their great philosophical revolution, enjoyed a truly grand architectural opportunity. A student or imitator of the art or literature of that period. The style of art or architecture of that period. en Robert Kerr Palladian Style The Gentleman's House; or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace; with Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans London John Murray, Albemarle Street 1864 part IV (Notes on Architectural Style) 364 https://books.google.com/books?id=EnMvAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA364 614299021 The style at large, called the Cinquecentist (that is, of the fifth—for fifteenth—century), or the Italian (because of its birthplace), or the modern or revived Classic (being the academical antique), is primarily based upon the columnar system of the Greeks, received by them historically from the East, and transmitted historically Westward (on the tide of empire) to Rome. Translations Italian of the sixteenth century French: fr cinquecentiste m Italian: it cinquecentista m Further reading Cinquecento en terms suffixed with -ist en Art Italy People