cinquecento
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- noun
- /ˌtʃɪŋkwəˈtʃɛntoʊ/
- Jargon
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cinquecento
- Pontormo's comment on the divinity of the artist was made much later, in 1549, but it aligns him with concerns central to his generation, which were forcefully thematized in Florentine art in the early cinquecento.
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By contrast, the cinquecento colossi of Florence's Piazza della Signoria appeared proudly uncircumcised, even Michelangelo's David, a subject where it would have been appropriate.
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The artworks created during the cinquecento reflect the transformation of Italian culture and art in the 16th century.
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On the other hand, Venice, the most important printing center in Italy during the Cinquecento, published a much larger number of Spanish texts in the course of the century—over 900 editions by one account.
Academic text (1994) -
Some cinquecento writers reflected on the fictiveness, pernicious sensuality, and compulsive force of the simulacrum, as it was identified in a long tradition stretching from late antiquity to the Reformation.
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Major literary works published in the cinquecento have had a lasting impact on Italian literature and beyond.
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Many influential artists emerged in the cinquecento, showcasing their talents in painting and sculpture across Italy.
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Etymology
Cinquecento comes from the Italian parts cinque 'five' and cento 'hundred'. In Italian this name is used for the 1500s, so paintings and books from the years 1500 to 1599 are called the cinquecento because they belong to that five-hundred period.