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cinquecento
CIDE DICTIONARY
cinquecento, n. & a. [It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.].
The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cinquecento, n. the style of Italian art and literature of the 16th c., with a reversion to classical forms.
Derivative
cinquecentoist n.
Etymology
It., = 500, used with ref. to the years 1500-99
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cinquecento
Chronometry
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