What is another word for Cinquecento?

Pronunciation: [sˌɪnkwɪsˈɛntə͡ʊ] (IPA)

Cinquecento is an Italian word that means "five hundred" in English. It is also used to refer to the artistic and cultural period in Italy during the 16th century, including the Renaissance era. Synonyms for this word include the Italian terms "Cinquecentismo," "Rinascimento," and "Cinquecentesca," which all refer to the cultural significance of the period. Other English synonyms for Cinquecento include "the 16th century," "the Italian Renaissance," and "the High Renaissance." These synonyms are often used to discuss and describe the art, architecture, literature, philosophy, and science of the era, which are all integral parts of Italy's rich cultural heritage.

What are the hypernyms for Cinquecento?

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Usage examples for Cinquecento

Though I do not happen to have seen it since, and so speak with a forty years' interval, the pen-and-ink drawing of Ariel, portrayed exactly like a Cinquecento angel, is fixed in my mind.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
And then I looked up after having my ticket clipped and saw the perfect youthful mother of the Cinquecento painters sitting opposite me.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
Thus in him are united the quattrocentist tradition and the fresher ideals of the Cinquecento, which found earliest expression in Giambellini's Allegories of about 1486-90. The poetic element in these works strongly appealed to Giorgione's sensitive nature, and we find him developing this side of his art in the Beaumont "Adoration," and the National Gallery "Epiphany," both of which are clearly early productions.
"Giorgione"
Herbert Cook

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