Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A representation of a small child, often naked and having wings, used especially in the art of the European Renaissance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
puttoo .
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- noun A
representation , in awork of art (especiallyRenaissance orBaroque ), of a small, naked, wingedchild ; acherub .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They in turn are flanked, as on the altar of St. Benedict, by two holy bishops, Saints Denis (the putto is holding his head) and Augustine (holding aloft his burning heart).
Neuzelle Abbey 2009
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Measuring 2.90 by 3.77 metres, the drawing includes studies of a female figure with children, a seated male figure and a podgy winged baby, or 'putto', as well as various sketches of arms and a right hand.
Michelangelo sketches of Sistine Chapel to be displayed in Italy 2008
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This crazy group, consisting of leaping bull supported by leaping dolphins, the seated nude, and a confidential putto, somehow manages to convey the conflicting impressions of high speed and pertness.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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The organ from "Saint-Roch, Paris IV" 2009 is shown in a 60-by-50-inch print that does justice to its grandeur, the steel pipes, the gilded putto with a viol, the bas-relief angel playing a bagpipe on one side of the supporting balcony and the angel with a keyboard on the other side, and the ornate clock keeping time high on top of it all.
Where Man Has His Place William Meyers 2011
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On reflection, I would like to add that my point was pointed to the need to first designate blight, accrue the property, and then see what purpose the assembled plot could be putto.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Debate Over Eminent Domain “Empty and Incoherent”? 2010
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This crazy group, consisting of leaping bull supported by leaping dolphins, the seated nude, and a confidential putto, somehow manages to convey the conflicting impressions of high speed and pertness.
The Flight of Europa 2009
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On reflection, I would like to add that my point was pointed to the need to first designate blight, accrue the property, and then see what purpose the assembled plot could be putto.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Debate Over Eminent Domain “Empty and Incoherent”? 2010
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On reflection, I would like to add that my point was pointed to the need to first designate blight, accrue the property, and then see what purpose the assembled plot could be putto.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Debate Over Eminent Domain “Empty and Incoherent”? 2010
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On reflection, I would like to add that my point was pointed to the need to first designate blight, accrue the property, and then see what purpose the assembled plot could be putto.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Debate Over Eminent Domain “Empty and Incoherent”? 2010
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At lower left, one putto sits wedged between a sheaf of wheat that rests upon a pile of game, and grape vines surmounted by a cluster of hanging fowl.
treeseed commented on the word putto
(n): a figure of an infant boy especially in European art of the Renaissance —usually used in plural, in art used in a fashion similar to cherubs
January 22, 2008