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Italianate

Italianate meaning

Italian in style or character. | Pertaining to a style of Latin pronunciation imitating the modern Roman dialect of Italian, originally popularized outside of Italy by ultramontane Roman Catholics in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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The grand Italianate building was later used as a residence for war veterans and is one of the bayside’s “most precious” heritage buildings.

The beautiful building was of classic Italianate design and had a large tower offering views across the surrounding countryside.

But Greek columns and Italianate windows don’t make a building look more American to me.

These have gone into regular production at my place: They’re the fastest, easiest, most delicious Italianate meatball I know.

History Blackfriars Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral behind The first fixed crossing at Blackfriars was a convert long toll bridge designed in an Italianate style by Robert Mylne and constructed with nine semi-elliptical arches of Portland stone.

It was a favorite instrument of Louis XIV and acquired associations of both courtliness and "Frenchness" (in contrast to the Italianate violin).

Lastly, one translation gave the name an Italianate touch by rendering it as Ernesto; this work liberally mixed proper nouns from both languages.

Moreover, Mozart also had a taste for more chromatic chords (and greater contrasts in harmonic language generally), a greater love for creating a welter of melodies in a single work, and a more Italianate sensibility in music as a whole.

Note the Italianate shape, square shoulders, and F-holes, apart from its massive size.

The 1876 Italianate residence of the Lauriers during his years as a lawyer and Member of Parliament, in Victoriaville, Quebec, is designated Wilfrid Laurier House National Historic Site, owned privately and operated as the Laurier Museum.

The building itself, an unusually serene and Italianate example of Spanish Renaissance architecture, was designed by Juan de Herrera.

The last composition produced during Henze's dwelling in Italy is considered to be the most Italianate of his dramatic works.

The nearby Michaelskirche is the largest renaissance church north of the Alps, while the Theatinerkirche is a basilica in Italianate high baroque which had a major influence on Southern German baroque architecture.

The Stones' frequent travels to Italy during this period and Maria Elena Stone's Italian origins reawakened his interest in classical and Italianate precedent which he had so dutifully recorded in his Rotch Fellowship sketchbooks.

This Italianate-style 1900 Storm survivor was extensively damaged during Hurricane Ike in 2008.

This restored 1883 Italianate Victorian houses exhibits, artifacts, and information covering four generations of Henry Wallaces and other family members.

While Italianate buildings remained popular, an eclectic blend termed Indo-Saracenic or Anglo-Mughal began to emerge in some locations.sfn The local mercantile community began acquiring impressive structures.

With Wagner came an emphasis on vocal heft for his protagonist roles, with this vocal category described as Heldentenor; this heroic voice had its more Italianate counterpart in such roles as Calaf in Puccini's Turandot.