quattrocento
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- the 15th century in Italian art and literatureType of centuryPart of Renaissance, Renascence
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Quat′tro·cen′to noun & adjective
Origin: It., four hundred, used as an abbreviated expression for the dates beginning with fourteen hundred.
The fifteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the quattrocento; quattrocento style. — Quat′wb-a2′>′tro·cen′wb-a1′>′tist (#), noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement