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n. - The 17th century in Italian literature and art.

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  • On the other hand, John Ruskin 1819-1900 despised the Italian baroque painting of the 17th century - the seicento.
  • A well-known Italian essayist, Enrico Necioni, published an essay “Barrochismo” in La Vita italiana nel seicento
  • About Italian seicento painting in general, he wrote, "There is no entirely sincere or great art in the 17th century."
  • Early seicento Venice had expended all its extravagant art in the making of it.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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