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单词 putto
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Definition of putto in English:

putto

nounPlural putti ˈpʊtəʊˈpudoʊ
  • A representation of a naked child, especially a cherub or a cupid in Renaissance art.

    (尤指文艺复兴艺术中的小天使或丘比特等裸体小孩的)画像

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The putto about to crush a dragon with a stone (which is missing) is a motif he would reuse in goldsmithing.
    • An aging, well-dressed don masked in dark glasses sits before a Tiepolo-like fresco of some celestial investiture involving putto and sword.
    • Meanwhile, the other winged putto looks sadly over her shoulder, perhaps pitying Cupid, or possibly foreseeing his own fate.
    • A putto carved at Rimini, for example, embodies the ‘stone-blossom’ itself.
    • At the top of this painting, three putti hover over the scene.
    • If so, are the millstone and putto in keeping with his approach to such illustrations?
    • Between two relief sculptures of putti sit a Raphael drawing and a Netherlandish portrait of a man.
    • Most of the frescoes on the ceiling are gone, but there are ornate chandeliers, and putti attend the plaster reliefs above.
    • Among the various bits and pieces we see in this corner are plaster casts of the heads and tiny wings of two putti or cupids.
    • The putti celebrate the pleasures of life in vignettes representing an arcadian fantasy.
    • The central silver panel depicts an angel or putto with outstretched wings and arms, soaring heavenward.
    • The work comprises a limestone bust lodged under a classicized pediment surmounted by the poet's coat of arms and two putti.
    • The cymbals have sounded, and one of the leopards has turned to look at a goat harassing a putto in the foreground.
    • A blue-winged putto, garlanded with pink and white flowers, gazes forward into the viewer's space.
    • Cupid clambers over the roots of a dead tree and the unroused putti, towards the two lovers.
    • The heads of the typically rococo putti appear on the handle and at the tops of the legs, which scroll out to bold shell feet.
    • There are also putti riding dolphins and angels with fluttering tunics pressing against their epicene bodies.
    • A putto, holding aloft a long, thorned stem, which is topped by a tiny house, seems to imply a whole mythic structure.
    • Console tables had elaborately carved supports incorporating tritons, putti, and mermaids set amid scrolling vegetation.
    • Behind Ariadne, putti plant a grapevine into the ground, and a vista expands to a second rocky outcropping in the sea.

Origin

Italian, literally 'boy', from Latin putus.

Definition of putto in US English:

putto

nounˈpo͞odōˈpudoʊ
  • A representation of a naked child, especially a cherub or a cupid in Renaissance art.

    (尤指文艺复兴艺术中的小天使或丘比特等裸体小孩的)画像

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A putto, holding aloft a long, thorned stem, which is topped by a tiny house, seems to imply a whole mythic structure.
    • The cymbals have sounded, and one of the leopards has turned to look at a goat harassing a putto in the foreground.
    • Cupid clambers over the roots of a dead tree and the unroused putti, towards the two lovers.
    • Among the various bits and pieces we see in this corner are plaster casts of the heads and tiny wings of two putti or cupids.
    • Behind Ariadne, putti plant a grapevine into the ground, and a vista expands to a second rocky outcropping in the sea.
    • At the top of this painting, three putti hover over the scene.
    • If so, are the millstone and putto in keeping with his approach to such illustrations?
    • The central silver panel depicts an angel or putto with outstretched wings and arms, soaring heavenward.
    • A blue-winged putto, garlanded with pink and white flowers, gazes forward into the viewer's space.
    • The putti celebrate the pleasures of life in vignettes representing an arcadian fantasy.
    • The work comprises a limestone bust lodged under a classicized pediment surmounted by the poet's coat of arms and two putti.
    • Between two relief sculptures of putti sit a Raphael drawing and a Netherlandish portrait of a man.
    • There are also putti riding dolphins and angels with fluttering tunics pressing against their epicene bodies.
    • The putto about to crush a dragon with a stone (which is missing) is a motif he would reuse in goldsmithing.
    • The heads of the typically rococo putti appear on the handle and at the tops of the legs, which scroll out to bold shell feet.
    • A putto carved at Rimini, for example, embodies the ‘stone-blossom’ itself.
    • An aging, well-dressed don masked in dark glasses sits before a Tiepolo-like fresco of some celestial investiture involving putto and sword.
    • Meanwhile, the other winged putto looks sadly over her shoulder, perhaps pitying Cupid, or possibly foreseeing his own fate.
    • Most of the frescoes on the ceiling are gone, but there are ornate chandeliers, and putti attend the plaster reliefs above.
    • Console tables had elaborately carved supports incorporating tritons, putti, and mermaids set amid scrolling vegetation.

Origin

Italian, literally ‘boy’, from Latin putus.

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