quattrocento

[ kwah-troh-chen-toh; Italian kwaht-traw-chen-taw ]

/ ˌkwɑ troʊˈtʃɛn toʊ; Italian ˌkwɑt trɔˈtʃɛn tɔ /

the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.

Origin of quattrocento

1870–75; < Italian, short for mil quattro cento 1400, occurring in the names of all the years from 1400 to 1499

quat·tro·cen·tist, noun

No other Sienese sculptor of the Quattrocento approaches Giacomos solitary greatness.

The Story of Siena and San Gimignano |Edmund G. Gardner
These ten figures are among the most characteristic products of Sienese art of the Quattrocento.

The Story of Siena and San Gimignano |Edmund G. Gardner
As an artist, he has thoroughly outgrown the quattrocento style, and falls short only by a little of the greatest.

Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 |John Addington Symonds
The portrait of Giovanni dei Medici is by an unknown hand of the Quattrocento.

The Story of Florence |Edmund G. Gardner

The third room contains small bronze works by Tuscan masters of the Quattrocento.

The Story of Florence |Edmund G. Gardner

quattrocento

/ (ˌkwætrəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ, Italian kwattroˈtʃɛnto) /

the 15th century, esp in reference to Renaissance Italian art and literature

Italian, shortened from milquattrocento 1400