Leonardesque

Leonardesque
/lee'euh nahr desk", lay'-/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
[1860-65; LEONARD(O) + -ESQUE]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • léonardesque — ● léonardesque adjectif Qui se rapporte à l art de Léonard de Vinci, ou le rappelle. léonardesque [leɔnaʀdɛsk] ou léonardien, ienne [leɔnaʀdjɛ̃, jɛn] adj. ÉTYM. Attesté 1952, in D. D. L.; de Léonard (de Vinci), le premier d après l italien. ❖ …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Leonardesque — [lē΄ō när desk′] adj. resembling Leonardo da Vinci or his style of painting …   English World dictionary

  • Leonardesque — adjective see Leonardo da Vinci …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • leonardesque — le·o·nar·desque …   English syllables

  • Leonardesque — adjective in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci • Pertains to noun: ↑Leonardo …   Useful english dictionary

  • léonardien — léonardesque [leɔnaʀdɛsk] ou léonardien, ienne [leɔnaʀdjɛ̃, jɛn] adj. ÉTYM. Attesté 1952, in D. D. L.; de Léonard (de Vinci), le premier d après l italien. ❖ ♦ Didact. De Léonard de Vinci, propre à Léonard de Vinci. || In …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bacchus (Leonardo) — Infobox Painting| title=Bacchus artist=Workshop of Leonardo da Vinci year=1510 1515 type=Oil on walnut panel transferred to canvas height=177 width=115 city=Paris museum=LouvreThe Leonardesque painting of Bacchus , formerly a Saint John the… …   Wikipedia

  • Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio — or Beltraffio (1466 or 1467 [ According to his tombstone he was 49 at his death in 1516.] ndash; 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci. [Leonardo records a Gian Antonio… …   Wikipedia

  • -esque — Suffixe, de l ital. esco, à la manière de (ex.: gigantesque, dantesque). ⇒ ESQUE, suff. Suff. formateur d adj. dér. de noms communs, de noms propres et d adj. et qui indiquent une ressemblance, une manière d être ou d agir dont on accuse l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Leonardo da Vinci — biographical name 1452 1519 It. painter, sculptor, architect, & engineer • Leonardesque adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”